noun
fork
fawk
noun
1
A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
"She picked up her fork and started on the salad."
2
A point where a road, path, or river splits into two directions.
"Take the left fork at the end of the trail."
"We reached a fork in the river and had to choose a direction."
3
A separate version of a software project or dataset created from an existing one.
"The developer created a fork of the open-source library to add new features."
verb
1
To split into two or more branches or directions.
"The road forks just past the bridge."
How to Use Fork
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pronged eating tool, or any point/place that splits into two directions or versions.
Common pairings
fork in the road
knife and fork
fork over (money)
Word Forms
forked past tense, forks plural, forks plural, forks singular
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Etymology
From Old English forca, from Latin furca ("pitchfork, forked stake").