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Word: Fork
Speech Type: Noun
Old English forca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca)
fɔːk
an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.
Short Definition:pronged implement for lifting food
the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts
Short Definition:point where something divides into two
Examples:- turn right at the next fork
each of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves.
Short Definition:pair of supports in which wheel revolves
a flash of forked lightning.
Short Definition:flash of forked lightning
a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one.
Short Definition:simultaneous attack on two pieces by one
Word: Fork
Speech Type: Verb
fɔːk
(especially of a route) divide into two parts
Short Definition:divide into two parts
Examples:- the place where the road forks
dig or move (something) with a fork
Short Definition:dig or move with fork
Examples:- fork in some compost
attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one
Short Definition:attack two pieces simultaneously
Examples:- he has forked my bishop and knight
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