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fork 
  n 
1 a small usually metal implement consisting of two, three, or four long thin prongs on the end of a handle, used for lifting food to the mouth or turning it in cooking, etc. 
2 an agricultural tool consisting of a handle and three or four metal prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc. 
3 a pronged part of any machine, device, etc. 
4  (of a road, river, etc.) 
a a division into two or more branches 
b the point where the division begins 
c such a branch 
5  (Chiefly U.S.) the main tributary of a river 
6  (Chess) a position in which two pieces are forked 
  vb 
7 tr to pick up, dig, etc., with a fork 
8 tr  (Chess) to place (two enemy pieces) under attack with one of one's own pieces, esp. a knight 
9 tr to make into the shape of a fork 
10 intr to be divided into two or more branches 
11 to take one or other branch at a fork in a road, river, etc. 
  (Old English forca, from Latin furca) 
♦  forkful  n