forked

Verb

• lift with a pitchfork
• place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
• shape like a fork
  • "She forked her fingers"
• simple past and past participle of fork

Adjective Satellite

• resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
  • "a forked river"
  • "a forked tail"
  • "forked lightning"
• having two meanings with intent to deceive
  • "spoke with forked tongue"

Adj

• That splits into two or more directions, or parts.
• Having forks (parts into which anything is furcated or divided).

Examples

• A baidarka has a forked bow.
• A three-forked trident.
• It's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.

Synonyms

bifurcate, biramous, branch, branched, double, forficate, fork, fork-like, furcate, pitchfork, pronged, prongy, ramify, separate, forken

Related Words

fork, forked lightning, forked riceflower, forked sundew, forked tongue, graft the forked tree, speak with a forked tongue, three-forked

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