Etymology : Middle English forke, from Old English and Old North French; Old English forca and Old North French forque, from Latin furca
Pronunciation : 'fork
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. eating utensil with two or more prongs; pitchfork or other agricultural tool with prongs; road junction; branching out; spoke, cog; tuning fork. branch out, split, separate, divide; make into the shape of a fork; pierce or lift with a fork. fork\fork\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. forked ; p. pr. & vb. n. forking.].
2. to shoot into blades, as corn. the corn beginneth to fork.
3. to divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.fork \fork\ (fôrj), n. [as. forc, fr. l. furca. cf. fourché, furcate.].
4. 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 from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.
5. anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
6. one of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow. let it fall though the fork invade the region of my heart. a thunderbolt with three forks.
7. the place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road.
8. the gibbet. [obs.] butler.fork beam (shipbuilding), a half beam to support a deck, where hatchways occur.fork chuck (wood turning), a lathe center having two prongs for driving the work.fork head. (a) the barbed head of an arrow. (b) the forked end of a rod which forms part of a knuckle joint.
9. 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.
10. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
11. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
12. The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road.
13. The gibbet.
14. To shoot into blades, as corn.
15. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.
16. To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil. cutlery used for serving and eating food an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers" place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces.
17. 1. A fork is a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end. knives and forks.
18. If you fork food into your mouth or onto a plate, you put it there using a fork. Ann forked some fish into her mouth He forked an egg onto a piece of bread and folded it into a sandwich.
19. A garden fork is a tool used for breaking up soil which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
20. A fork in a road, path, or river is a point at which it divides into two parts and forms a `Y' shape. We arrived at a fork in the road The road divides; you should take the right fork.
21. If a road, path, or river forks, it forms a fork. Beyond the village the road forked The path dipped down to a sort of cove, and then it forked in two directions. see also:
tuning fork.
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