Definition of fork

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Fork (n.) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow..

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Diapason :: Diapason (n.) A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason..
Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..
Furcated :: Furcated (a.) Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs..
Trisuls :: Trisuls (n.) Something having three forks or prongs, as a trident..
Worrel :: Worrel (n.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown..
Guidepost :: Guidepost (n.) A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers..
Prong :: Prong (n.) The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs..
Biconjugate :: Biconjugate (a.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice..
Two-forked :: Two-forked (a.) Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous..
Alar :: Alar (a.) Axillary; in the fork or axil.
Hake''s-dame :: Hake's-dame (n.) See Forkbeard.
Divaricate :: Divaricate (v. i.) To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
Infurcation :: Infurcation (n.) A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like..
Fourche :: Fourche (a.) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross..
Y :: Y (n.) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A tine, prong, or fork..
Shakefork :: Shakefork (n.) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
Bifurcated :: Bifurcated (a.) Two-pronged; forked.
Pratincole :: Pratincole (n.) Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidae, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail..
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