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Meaning of fork

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fork
      n 1: cutlery used for serving and eating food
      2: the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn:
         {branching}, {ramification}, {fork}, {forking}]
      3: the region of the angle formed by the junction of two
         branches; "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the
         crotch of a tree" [syn: {fork}, {crotch}]
      4: an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a
         handle and metal prongs
      5: the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they
         join the human trunk [syn: {crotch}, {fork}]
      v 1: lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay" [syn: {pitchfork},
           {fork}]
      2: place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
      3: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The
         road forks" [syn: {branch}, {ramify}, {fork}, {furcate},
         {separate}]
      4: shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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