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forks

9 definitions • 10 examples
1
a small object with three or four points and a handle, that you use to pick up food and eat with:

Examples:

knife and fork She brought an extra plate, and knife and fork to the table.
2
a tool with a long handle and three or four points, used for digging and breaking soil into pieces:

Examples:

3
a place where a road, river, etc. divides into two parts, or either of those two parts:

Examples:

fork in the road When you reach a fork in the road turn right.
Take the left-hand fork.
4
If a road or river forks, it divides into two parts:

Examples:

The hotel is near where the road forks.
5
to turn in one of two different directions:

Examples:

fork left Fork left where the road divides.
fork right After 5 minutes the path forks right for the lake.
6
to move or dig something with a fork
7
a common tool used in eating that usually has three or four stiff metal points attached to a handle:

Examples:

The knives and forks go in the middle drawer.
8
the place where a single thing divides into two or more parts, or one of the parts:

Examples:

a fork in the road
9
to divide into two or more parts:

Examples:

You’ll come to our house just before the road forks.

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