Thesaurus: fork

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1. n. 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.
2. n. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
3. n. 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.
4. n. 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.
5. n. The gibbet.
6. v. i. To shoot into blades, as corn.
7. v. i. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.
8. v. t. To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.
9. n. a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
10. n. the act of branching out or dividing into branches
11. n. the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
12. n. an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs