Definition of fork

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Fork (v. i.) To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks..

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Quadrifurcated :: Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches..
Furcation :: Furcation (n.) A branching like a. fork.
Biconjugate :: Biconjugate (a.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice..
Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..
Fork :: Fork (n.) The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road..
Infurcation :: Infurcation (n.) A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.
Eelspear :: Eelspear (n.) A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
Pitchfork :: Pitchfork (n.) A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like..
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..
Tomopteris :: Tomopteris (n.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa..
Furcula :: Furcula (n.) A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.
Rowlock :: Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar..
Forked :: Forked (a.) Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting..
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
Roebuck :: Roebuck (n.) A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds..
Fissilingual :: Fissilingual (a.) Having the tongue forked.
Martin :: Martin (n.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows..
Y :: Y (n.) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
Crotch :: Crotch (n.) The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork..
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