1. A utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
   "He twirled the spaghetti around his fork"
    
2. An agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
   "The gardener used a fork to turn the compost pile"
    
3. The act of branching out or dividing into branches
   "The fork of the river created a delta";
   - branching, ramification, forking
    
4. The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
   "they took the south fork";
   - crotch
    
5. The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
   "The cyclist developed a rash in the fork area from prolonged riding";
   - crotch
    
6. (chess) a simultaneous attack on two pieces by one attacking piece (esp. a knight)
   "The clever fork forced the opponent to choose which piece to save"

1. Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
   "The road forks";
   - branch, ramify, furcate, separate
    
2. Lift with a pitchfork
   "fork hay";
   - pitchfork
    
3. Shape like a fork
   "She forked her fingers"
    
4. (computing) split a project, repository or process into two or more independent copies or parts
   "The developer forked the open-source project to add new features"
    
5. (chess) place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
   "She forked the opponent's queen and rook"

Derived forms: forked, forking, forks

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

Part of: body, organic structure

Encyclopedia: Fork, South Carolina