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fork

(f/O/rk )

cutlery used for serving and eating food(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
the act of branching out or dividing into branches(noun.act)

Synonym:
branching, forking, ramification

source: wordnet30
the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches(noun.shape)

Example:
They took the south fork.

Synonym:
crotch

source: wordnet30
an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk(noun.body)

source: wordnet30
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 for piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.(noun)

source: webster1913

lift with a pitchfork(verb.contact)

Example:
Pitchfork hay.

Synonym:
pitchfork

source: wordnet30
place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces(verb.competition)

source: wordnet30
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork(verb.change)

Example:
The road forks.

Synonym:
branch, furcate, ramify, separate

source: wordnet30
shape like a fork(verb.change)

Example:
She forked her fingers.

source: wordnet30
To shoot into blades, as corn.(verb)

source: webster1913
To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.(verb)

source: webster1913

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