branching
ramification
fork
forking | the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
| Caudine Forks | a battle in the Apennines in BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans |
arm branch
limb | any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm, the arm of the record player, an arm of the sea, a branch of the sewer |
branch line
spur track
spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
| carving fork | a large fork used in carving cooked meat |
| fork | cutlery used for serving and eating food |
| fork | an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging, has a handle and metal prongs |
| salad fork | a fork intended for eating salads |
| toasting fork | long-handled fork for cooking or toasting frankfurters or bread etc. (especially over an open fire) |
| tuning fork | a metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck, used to tune musical instruments |
crotch
fork | the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk |
peace offering
olive branch | something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace |
| branch water | pure natural water from a stream or brook, often distinguished from soda water |
| Special Branch | a government police department dealing with political security |
executive branch
Executive Office of the President | the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws |
| legislative branch | the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating |
| judicial branch | the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice |
branch
subdivision arm | a division of some larger or more complex organization, a branch of Congress, botany is a branch of biology, the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages |
| branch | a stream or river connected to a larger one |
Cabell
James Branch Cabell | United States writer of satirical novels (-) |
outgrowth
branch
offshoot
offset | a natural consequence of development |
forked lightning
chain lightning | a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like) |
| branch | a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant |
limb
tree branch | any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree |
skeleton fork fern
Psilotum nudum | pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves, America, Japan, Australia |
branch
leg
ramification | a part of a forked or branching shape, he broke off one of the branches |
fork
crotch | the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches, they took the south fork, he climbed into the crotch of a tree |
| fork | shape like a fork, She forked her fingers |
branch
ramify
fork
furcate
separate | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork, The road forks |
| ramify branch | grow and send out branches or branch-like structures, these plants ramify early and get to be very large |
diversify
branch out
broaden | vary in order to spread risk or to expand, The company diversified |
| fork | place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces |
pitchfork
fork | lift with a pitchfork, pitchfork hay |
hand over
fork over
fork out
fork up
turn in
deliver render | to surrender someone or something to another, the guard delivered the criminal to the police, render up the prisoners, render the town to the enemy, fork over the money |
double
forked | having two meanings with intent to deceive, a sly double meaning, spoke with forked tongue |
bifurcate
biramous
branched
forked
fork-like
forficate
pronged prongy | resembling a fork, divided or separated into two branches, the biramous appendages of an arthropod, long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects, a forked river, a forked tail, forked lightning, horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots |