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1. Cutlery used for serving and eating food
    
2. The act of branching out or dividing into branches
   - branching, ramification, forking
    
3. The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
   "they took the south 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
   - crotch

1. Lift with a pitchfork
   "fork hay"
   - pitchfork
    
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"
   - branch, ramify, furcate, separate
    
4. Shape like a fork
   "She forked her fingers"

Derived forms: forks, forked, forking

See also: bifurcate, forking

Type of: aggress, angle, attack, branch, cutlery, diverge, division, eating utensil, form, leg, lift, ramification, shape, tool

Part of: body, organic structure, physical structure

Encyclopedia: Fork Fork, Knife, Spoon, Shut Up