fork

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. Source: opted

2. n. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. n. The gibbet. Source: opted

6. v. i. To shoot into blades, as corn. Source: opted

7. v. i. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks. Source: opted

8. v. t. To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil. Source: opted

9. n. a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food Source: wordnet

10. n. the act of branching out or dividing into branches Source: wordnet

11. n. the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches Source: wordnet

12. n. an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs Source: wordnet

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