English dictionary

fork

/f/O/rk/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

cutlery used for serving and eating food

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of branching out or dividing into branches

noun.act

Synonyms branching forking ramification

Source: WordNet 3.0
the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

noun.shape

Examples
They took the south fork.

Synonyms crotch

Source: WordNet 3.0
an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

noun.body

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 for piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.

noun

Source: webster1913

lift with a pitchfork

verb.contact

Examples
Pitchfork hay.

Synonyms pitchfork

Source: WordNet 3.0
place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces

verb.competition

Source: WordNet 3.0
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

verb.change

Examples
The road forks.

Synonyms branch furcate ramify separate

Source: WordNet 3.0
shape like a fork

verb.change

Examples
She forked her fingers.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To shoot into blades, as corn.

verb

Source: webster1913
To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.

verb

Source: webster1913