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- pronunciation:
- fork
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- phrases:
- fork out, fork over, fork up
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a tool with a handle and two or more points. Small forks are used for eating. Large forks are used for digging and pitching hay.
My mother eats everything with a knife and fork, even pizza.
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| definition 2: |
the point where something divides into two or more branches, or one of the branches.
Go to the fork in the highway and stay in the middle lane.Take the left fork. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
forks, forking, forked |
| definition 1: |
to pierce, dig, lift, or carry with a fork.
He is forking hay into the horse's stall.She forked the meat from the grill to the plate. |
| definition 2: |
to separate into branches.
The river forks about a mile from here.- similar words:
- branch, divide
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| related words: |
separate, split |
| phrase: |
fork out, fork over, fork up |
| derivation: |
forklike (adj.) |
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