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forks

/fɔːrks/ /fɔːks/

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noun

A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc.

Examples :

"The farmer used forks to toss the hay into the truck. "

utensil food item

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A pronged tool for use in the garden; a smaller hand fork for weeding etc., or larger for turning over the soil.

Examples :

"Sentence: Maria used her forks to turn over the soil in her vegetable garden, preparing it for planting. "

agriculture utensil plant

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noun

Examples :

"In old Western movies, criminals were sometimes hanged from makeshift forks, constructed quickly from sturdy tree branches. "

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A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.

Examples :

"We need to buy more forks because we don't have enough for everyone at dinner. "

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noun

Examples :

"The music teacher struck the forks against the table to tune the piano. "

music sound utensil device physics

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An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.

Examples :

""At the forks in the road, we need to decide whether to go left towards the park or right towards the library." "

way direction place

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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 trail forks ahead; we need to decide whether to go left or right. "

part utensil way

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A point where a waterway, such as a river, splits and goes two (or more) different directions.

Examples :

"The kayaking trip ended at the forks, where the river split into two separate streams. "

geography place direction

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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."

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A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.

Examples :

"Graduation day often presents forks in students' lives, requiring them to choose between university and immediate employment. "

way philosophy mind future time possibility

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The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).

Examples :

"The chess player expertly maneuvered his knight, creating forks that simultaneously threatened the opponent's queen and rook. "

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A splitting-up of an existing process into itself and a child process executing parts of the same program.

Examples :

"The operating system often uses forks when a single application needs to perform multiple tasks at the same time, creating new processes to handle each task. "

computing technology process

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The splitting of a software development effort into two or more separate projects, especially in free and open-source software.

Examples :

"The project experienced numerous forks when disagreements arose about the software's future direction. "

computing technology internet technical science

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Any of the software projects resulting from such a split.

Examples :

"LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice."

computing technology internet

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(cryptocurrency, by extension) A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split.

Examples :

"Due to disagreements about upgrades, the original cryptocurrency experienced several forks, resulting in new, separate versions of the digital currency. "

technology computing internet business finance economy

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noun

Examples :

"After climbing the tree, he ripped his pants at the forks. "

anatomy body sex part

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noun

Examples :

"Are you qualified to drive a fork?"

vehicle machine industry technology

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The set of blades of a forklift, on which the goods to be raised are loaded.

Examples :

"The warehouse worker carefully positioned the forks of the forklift under the pallet of boxes. "

machine vehicle item technology work industry technical part utensil

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In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.

Examples :

"The fork can be equipped with a suspension on mountain bikes."

vehicle part machine technology

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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 leather covering the forks of the old saddle was worn, revealing the wood underneath. "

part technical vehicle

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To divide into two or more branches.

Examples :

"A road, a tree, or a stream forks."

direction way action

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To move with a fork (as hay or food).

Examples :

"The farmer forks the hay into the wagon. "

food utensil agriculture action

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To spawn a new child process in some sense duplicating the existing process.

Examples :

"The program forks to handle multiple user requests simultaneously without slowing down. "

computing technology process technical system

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To split a (software) project into several projects.

Examples :

"When the original school project became too complicated, the team forks it into smaller, more manageable sub-projects. "

computing technology internet technical

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To split a (software) distributed version control repository

Examples :

""Maria forks the open-source project on GitHub to create her own version with added features." "

computing internet technology technical

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To kick someone in the crotch.

body action sex

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To shoot into blades, as corn does.

Examples :

"After weeks of sunny weather, the young corn plant finally forks, its leaves shooting into narrow blades. "

plant agriculture biology nature

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The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.

Examples :

"During the mine's inspection, the team found that the forks were nearly full of water, requiring immediate pumping to prevent flooding. "

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verb

To bale a shaft dry.

Examples :

"After the heavy rain flooded the mine shaft, the team worked tirelessly to forks it dry, using pumps and buckets to remove the water. "

nautical technical

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To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.

Examples :

"Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity."

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To have sexual intercourse with.

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To insert one’s penis, a dildo or other phallic object, into a specified orifice or cleft.

body sex action human

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To put in an extremely difficult or impossible situation.

Examples :

"The sudden engine failure forks us; we're stuck in the middle of nowhere with no cell service. "

situation suffering

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To defraud, deface or otherwise treat badly.

Examples :

"I got fucked at the used car lot."

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Used to express great displeasure with someone or something.

Examples :

"Fuck those jerks, and fuck their stupid rules!"

attitude language curse word negative emotion

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(usually followed by up) To break, to destroy.

Examples :

"The software update forked up my computer, and now it won't start. "

action negative

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To make a joke at one's expense; to make fun of in an embarrassing manner.

Examples :

""The older kids sometimes forks the new student when he accidentally wears mismatched socks, but I think it's mean." "

entertainment communication language attitude

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To throw, to lob something. (angrily)

Examples :

"He fucked the dirty cloth out the window."

action attitude

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verb

Examples :

"The sergeant fucked me upside down."

attitude communication action word