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fork Definition:
- As a piece of cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a tool consisting of a handle with several narrow tines on one end. The fork is a primarily Western utensil, whereas in east Asia chopsticks have been more prevalent. Today, forks are increasingly available throughout east Asia. The usually metal utensil is used to lift food to the mouth or to hold ingredients in place while they are being cut by a knife. Food can be lifted either by spearing it on the tines or by holding it on top of the tines, which are often curved slightly. A fork is shaped in the form of a trident but curved at the joint of the handle to the points.
| 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 |
| Fork (n.) Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity |
| Fork (n.) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided |
| Fork (n.) The place where a division or a union occurs |
| Fork (n.) The gibbet. |
| Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn. |
| Fork (v. i.) To divide into two or more branches |
| Fork (v. t.) To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay |
| Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones |
| branching / ramification / fork / forking the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
| 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 |
| skeleton fork fern / Psilotum nudum pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves, America, Japan, Australia |
| 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 Synonyme:
| fork L V affluent angle angle off apex bail bayou bend bifurcate bifurcation bight billabong bine bisect bough bowl branch branch out branchedness branchiness bucket burgeon by two cant cast catapult chevron chuck chunk cleave coin confluent confluent stream corner crank crook crotch crotchet crutch cup cut in two cutlery dart dash deadwood decant deflection delta dendritic drainage pattern dichotomize dimidiate dining utensils dip dish dish out dish up divaricate divide dogleg effluent elbow ell fan feeder fire fission flagellum flat silver flatware fling flip forks frond furcate furcation furcula furculum groin halve heave hollow ware hook hurl hurtle in half inflection inguen jerk knee knives ladle lance launch let fly limb lob nook offshoot pass peg pelt pitch pitchfork point pour prong put put the shot quoin ramage ramification ramify runner sarment scion scoop serve shoot shovel shy silver silver plate silverware sling slip snap spade spear split in two spoon spoons spray sprig sprit sprout stainless-steel ware stem stolon subdivide sucker swerve switch tablespoon tableware teaspoon tendril thallus throw tilt toss transect tributary trident trifurcate twig veer vertex wishbone zag zig zigzag |
| fork out accord administer afford allot allow award bestow bestow on budget communicate confer cost cost out deal deal out disburse dish out dispense dole dole out donate expend extend gift gift with give give freely give out go through grant hand out heap help to impart incur costs invest issue lavish lay out let have mete mete out offer open the purse outlay pay pay out pour present proffer put out rain render run through schedule serve shell out shower sink money in slip snow spend splurge squander tender throw money around vouchsafe yield |
| fork over circulate come across come across with come down with come through with cough up deliver deliver over distribute forward give in give out give over grease the palm hand hand in hand out hand over kick in lay on one pass pass out pass over plunk down pony up post reach render resign stump up surrender tickle the palm transfer turn over |