fork

noun

1. cutlery used for serving and eating food

Definition categories: man–made, cutlery

2. the act of branching out or dividing into branches

Similar word(s): branching, forking, ramification

Definition categories: act, division

3. the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

- they took the south fork

Similar word(s): crotch

Definition categories: shape, branch, leg, ramification

4. an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs

Definition categories: man–made, tool

5. the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

Similar word(s): crotch

Definition categories: body, angle

verb

1. lift with a pitchfork

- pitchfork hay

Similar word(s): pitchfork

Definition categories: contact, lift

2. place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces

Definition categories: competition, aggress, attack

3. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

- The road forks

Similar word(s): branch, furcate, ramify, separate

Definition categories: change, diverge

4. shape like a fork

- She forked her fingers

Definition categories: change, form, shape