noun Download 🔗Share A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc. Examples : "The gardener used a fork to lift the heavy pile of soil. " utensil agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pronged tool for use in the garden; a smaller hand fork for weeding etc., or larger for turning over the soil. Examples : "The gardener used a small fork to clear the weeds around the rose bushes. " utensil agriculture plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A gallows. Examples : "The condemned man was led to the fork, a grim structure awaiting his fate. " weapon structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting. Examples : "My mother used a fork to carefully lift the mashed potatoes onto my plate. " utensil food item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tuning fork. Examples : "The physics teacher used a tuning fork to demonstrate sound waves in class. " music sound utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two. Examples : "The road to school has a fork in it, and you have to decide which path to take. " way geography area Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow. Examples : "The river has two forks that lead to different parts of the park. " part utensil item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A point where a waterway, such as a river, splits and goes two (or more) different directions. Examples : "The river has a fork just before reaching the town, and one branch flows through the park. " geography nature direction place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Used in the names of some river tributaries. Examples : "West Fork White River and East Fork White River join together to form the White River of Indiana." geography place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths. Examples : "The graduation ceremony was a fork in the road for Sarah; she could either pursue a career in medicine or become a teacher. " time way philosophy possibility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight). Examples : "The knight's fork on the bishops forced a quick checkmate. " game sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A splitting-up of an existing process into itself and a child process executing parts of the same program. Examples : "The program's fork allowed the student to work on different parts of the assignment simultaneously. " computing technology process system machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The splitting of a software development effort into two or more separate projects, especially in free and open-source software. Examples : "The project's fork into two separate teams allowed them to work on different features simultaneously. " technology computing internet Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of the software projects resulting from such a split. Examples : "LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice." computing technology internet Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (cryptocurrency, by extension) A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split. Examples : "The cryptocurrency project had a fork, creating two separate blockchains. " technology computing internet finance business economy system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The crotch. Examples : "The tree's fork was strong enough to hold the heavy branch. " anatomy body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end. Examples : "The saddle's fork was worn smooth from years of use. " part technical item structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To divide into two or more branches. Examples : "A road, a tree, or a stream forks." way action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To split a (software) project into several projects. Examples : "The project manager forked the large software development project into three smaller, more manageable tasks. " computing technology internet Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains. Examples : "The miners checked the water level in the mine's fork to see how much water had drained. " geology technical place industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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