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- pronunciation:
- fork
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- fork over, fork out, fork up
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an implement with two or more prongs or tines, used to spear, dig, lift, or carry, esp. the one used for eating.
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| definition 2: |
the point at which a division into two or more branches occurs, or one of the branches so arising.
Go to the fork in the highway.Take the left fork. |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
forks, forking, forked |
| definition 1: |
to pierce, dig, lift, or carry with a fork.
He is forking hay into the horse's stall. |
| definition 2: |
to make into the shape of a fork.
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to separate into branches.
- similar words:
- bisect, branch, divide
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| definition 2: |
to follow one branch, as of a road.
We forked to the right at the top of the hill. |
| related words: |
diverge, separate, split |
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| phrase: |
fork over |
| phrase: |
fork out |
| phrase: |
fork up |
| derivation: |
forklike (adj.) |
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