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forked

  [fawrkt, fawr-kid]
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–adjective
1. having a fork or fork-like branches.
2. zigzag, as lightning.
—Idiom
3. to speak with or have a forked tongue, to speak deceitfully; attempt to deceive.
Also, forky.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see fork, -ed 3

Related forms:
fork⋅ed⋅ly  [fawr-kid-lee] , adverb
fork⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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fork

  [fawrk]
–noun
1. an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
2. something resembling or suggesting this in form.
3. tuning fork.
4. Machinery. yoke 1 (def. 9).
5. a division into branches.
6. the point or part at which a thing, as a river or a road, divides into branches: Bear left at the fork in the road.
7. either of the branches into which a thing divides.
8. Horology. (in a lever escapement) the forked end of the lever engaging with the ruby pin.
9. a principal tributary of a river.
10. the support of the front wheel axles of a bicycle or motorcycle, having the shape of a two-pronged fork.
11. the barbed head of an arrow.
–verb (used with object)
12. to pierce, raise, pitch, dig, etc., with a fork.
13. to make into the form of a fork.
14. Chess. to maneuver so as to place (two opponent's pieces) under simultaneous attack by the same piece.
–verb (used without object)
15. to divide into branches: Turn left where the road forks.
16. to turn as indicated at a fork in a road, path, etc.: Fork left and continue to the top of the hill.
—Verb phrase
17. fork over or out or up, Informal. to hand over; deliver; pay: Fork over the money you owe me!
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME forke, OE forca < L furca fork, gallows, yoke

Related forms:
forkless, adjective
forklike, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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fork   (fôrk)   
n.  

  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.

    1. A bifurcation or separation into two or more branches or parts.

    2. The point at which such a bifurcation or separation occurs: a fork in a road.

    3. One of the branches of such a bifurcation or separation: the right fork. See Synonyms at branch.

  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.

    1. To use a fork, as in working.

    2. To turn at or travel along a fork.


[Middle English forke, digging fork, from Old English forca and from Old North French forque, both from Latin furca.]
fork'er n., fork'ful' n.
forked   (fôrkt, fôr'kĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Containing or characterized by a fork: a forked river.

  2. Shaped like or similar to a fork: forked lightning; a forked tail.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

fork 
O.E. forca "forked instrument used by torturers," from L. furca "pitchfork," of uncertain origin. Table forks were not generally used in England until 15c. The word is first attested in this sense in Eng. in a will of 1463, probably from O.N.Fr. forque, from the L. word. The verb "to divide in branches" is from the noun. Fork-lift (truck) first attested 1946. The slang verb phrase fork up (or out) "give over" is from 1831.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fork
Pronunciation: 'fo(&)rk
Function: noun
1 : a forked part, tool, or piece of equipment —see TUNING FORK
2 : the lower part of the human body where the legs diverge from the trunk usually includingthe legs
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

forked
(Unix; probably after "fucked") Terminally slow, or dead. Originated when one system was slowed to a snail's pace by an inadvertent fork bomb.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-12-14)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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