"fork" meaning in English

See fork in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɔːk/ Audio: en-us-fork.ogg [US], en-uk-a fork.ogg [UK] Forms: fork [singular], forks [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An instrument for eating, with 3 or 4 sharp points called tines, all in the same direction.
    Sense id: simple-fork-en-noun-mdJO1jc1
  2. A place where one thing becomes two. Synonyms: split, divergence, junction, division, bifurcation
    Sense id: simple-fork-en-noun-y0FrYaFi
  3. A situation where two or more enemy pieces are in danger from the same piece.
    Sense id: simple-fork-en-noun-u1ZHti2d

Verb

IPA: /fɔːk/ Audio: en-us-fork.ogg [US], en-uk-a fork.ogg [UK] Forms: fork [canonical], forks [third-person, singular], forked [past], forked [past, participle], forking [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To split, become two. Synonyms: diverge, divide, branch, split, bifurcate
    Sense id: simple-fork-en-verb-~V4b4ljG
  2. To move something with a fork. Synonyms: shovel
    Sense id: simple-fork-en-verb-~uy9V7Pa
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          "text": "I ate with my fork."
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        {
          "text": "She came to a fork in the road."
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        {
          "text": "He moved his queen and caught me in a fork."
        }
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          "text": "The road forks there."
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          "text": "He forked food into his mouth."
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    },
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          "word": "joining"
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        {
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        {
          "text": "She came to a fork in the road."
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          "word": "split"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "junction"
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          "word": "division"
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          "word": "join"
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        {
          "text": "The road forks there."
        }
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          "word": "diverge"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "split"
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