fork

Meanings

• cutlery used for serving and eating food
• the act of branching out or dividing into branches
• the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
  • "they took the south fork"
• an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
• the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
• lift with a pitchfork
  • "pitchfork hay"
• place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
  • "The road forks"
• shape like a fork
  • "She forked her fingers"

Synonyms

branch, branching, crotch, forking, furcate, pitchfork, ramification, ramify, separate