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Forking
see synonyms of forkingNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Forking
see synonyms of forkingnoun
1.
a small usually metal implement consisting of two, three, or four long thin prongs on the end of a handle, used for lifting food to the mouth or turning it in cooking, etc
2.
an agricultural tool consisting of a handle and three or four metal prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc
3.
a pronged part of any machine, device, etc
4. (of a road, river, etc)
a.
a division into two or more branches
b.
the point where the division begins
c.
such a branch
5. mainly US
the main tributary of a river
6. chess
a position in which two pieces are forked
verb
7. (transitive)
to pick up, dig, etc, with a fork
8. (transitive) chess
to place (two enemy pieces) under attack with one of one's own pieces, esp a knight
9. (transitive)
to make into the shape of a fork
10. (intransitive)
to be divided into two or more branches
11.
to take one or other branch at a fork in a road, river, etc
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Forking
see synonyms of forking noun
1.
an instrument of greatly varying size with a handle at one end and two or more pointed prongs at the other: forks are variously
used as eating utensils and for pitching hay, breaking up soil, etc.
2.
something resembling a fork in shape
tuning fork
3.
a division into branches; bifurcation
4. US
the point where a river, road, etc. is divided into two or more branches, or where
branches join to form a river, road, etc.
5.
any of these branches
verb intransitive
6.
to divide into branches; be bifurcated
where the road forks
verb transitive
7.
to make into the shape of a fork
8.
to pick up, spear, or pitch with a fork
9. Chess
to attack (two chessmen) simultaneously with a single chessman
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Forking
see synonyms of forkingn.
1. A utensil with two or more prongs, used for eating or serving food.
2. An implement with two or more prongs used for raising, carrying, piercing, or digging.
3.
a. A bifurcation or separation into two or more branches or parts.
b. The point at which such a bifurcation or separation occurs: a fork in a road.
4. Games An attack by one chess piece on two pieces at the same time.
v. forked, fork·ing, forks
v.tr.
1. To raise, carry, pitch, or pierce with a fork.
2. To give the shape of a fork to (one's fingers, for example).
3. Games To launch an attack on (two chess pieces).
4. Informal To pay. Used with over, out, or up: forked over $80 for front-row seats; forked up the money owed.
v.intr.
1. To divide into two or more branches: The river forks here.
2.
a. To use a fork, as in working.
b. To turn at or travel along a fork.
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