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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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yoke

1 [yohk]

noun, plural yokes for 1, 3–20, yoke for 2; verb, yoked, yok⋅ing.

–noun

1.	a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, esp. oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def. 1).

2.	a pair of draft animals fastened together by a yoke: five yoke of oxen.

3.	something resembling a yoke or a bow of a yoke in form or use.

4.	a frame fitting the neck and shoulders of a person, for carrying a pair of buckets or the like, one at each end.

5.	an agency of oppression, subjection, servitude, etc.

6.	an emblem or symbol of subjection, servitude, slavery, etc., as an archway under which prisoners of war were compelled to pass by the ancient Romans and others.

7.	something that couples or binds together; a bond or tie.

8.	Machinery. a viselike piece gripping two parts firmly together.

9.	Also called fork. a forklike termination for a rod or shaft, inside which another part is secured.

10.	a fitting for the neck of a draft animal for suspending the tongue of a cart, carriage, etc., from a harness.

11.	a crosshead attached to the upper piston of an opposed-piston engine with rods to transmit power to the crankshaft.

12.	(in an airplane) a double handle, somewhat like a steering wheel in form, by which the elevators are controlled.

13.	Nautical. a crossbar on the head of the rudder of a small boat, having lines or chains attached to the ends so as to permit the steering of the boat from forward.

14.	spreader beam.

15.	a shaped piece in a garment, fitted about or below the neck and shoulders or about the hips, from which the rest of the garment hangs.

16.	a horizontal piece forming the top of a window frame.

17.	a Y-shaped piece connecting branch pipes with a main soil pipe.

18.	Television. an electromagnetic assembly placed around the neck of a cathode-ray tube to produce and control the scanning motion of electron beams inside the tube.

19.

British Dialect. (esp. in Kent)

a.	the time during which a plowman and team work without stopping; a period of plowing.

b.	a measure or area of land equal to over 50 but less than 60 acres.

20.	a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter Y.

–verb (used with object)

21.	to put a yoke on; join or couple by means of a yoke.

22.	to attach (a draft animal) to a plow or vehicle: to yoke oxen.

23.	to harness a draft animal to (a plow or vehicle): to yoke a wagon.

24.	to join, couple, link, or unite.

25.	Obsolete. to bring into subjection or servitude.

–verb (used without object)

26.	to be or become joined, linked, or united.

Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME yok(e), OE geoc; c. D juk, G Joch, ON ok, L jugum, Gk zygón, Hittite yugan, Skt yuga; (v.) ME yoken, OE geocian, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:

yokeless, adjective

Synonyms:
2. See pair.

Link To forks

fork (fôrk)

A utensil with two or more prongs, used for eating or serving food.
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.
Games An attack by one chess piece on two pieces at the same time.

v. forked, fork·ing, forks

v. tr.

To raise, carry, pitch, or pierce with a fork.
To give the shape of a fork to (one's fingers, for example).
Games To launch an attack on (two chess pieces).
Informal To pay. Used with over, out, or up: forked over $80 for front-row seats; forked up the money owed.

v. intr.

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.

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