fork
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Is fork a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (by abstraction, from the tool shape) A fork in the road, as follows:physical
2. (by abstraction, from the tool shape) A fork in the road, as follows:figuratively
3. (by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.Antonyms: confluence
4. (metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) 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: "a thunderbolt with three forks"; "this fork of the river dries up during droughts"Synonyms: branch, prongmetonymically
5. (figuratively, decision-making) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.figuratively
6. (figuratively, decision-making) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.figurativelymetonymically
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.Examples: "A road, a tree, or a stream forks."ambitransitive
2. (ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.Examples: "A parent process forks a child process, which in turn can fork other processes."; "It appears that the shell forks a copy of itself and that this copy then forks to make each of the previous processes in the pipeline."ambitransitive
3. (ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.Examples: "For various reasons, McCool's server project subsequently forked, leading to the development of the Apache Web Server."; "Google forked WebKit to create the Blink project in April 2013 because they wanted to make larger-scale changes to WebKit to fit their own needs that did not align well with the WebKit project itself."ambitransitive
4. (ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.Examples: "In this model, anyone can fork an existing repository and push changes to their personal fork."ambitransitivetransitive
5. (transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).Examples: "forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart"; "Brianna curbed her pang of envy as she forked her plain, low-fat, crouton-free salad niçoise into her mouth and shook her head."transitive
6. (transitive, British) To kick someone in the crotch.Britishtransitive
noun (English)
1. (mining) The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
verb (English)
1. (mining, transitive) To bale a shaft dry.Examples: "Forking the water, is drawing it all out; and when it is done, they say, “the mine or the water is forked;” and “the engine is in fork.”"transitive
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