to fork
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4.6
- verb
- /fɔrk/
- The horse trail forks off.
- the road forks
- the river forks
- fork into two
Examples
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Take it to where it forks.
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The hiking trail will fork into two at the next clearing, so be sure to choose the right direction.
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Up to the split the trail And then fork off.
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But our trails fork here.
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Where it forks, go left.
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"I suspect we were at the place where the road forked, where we went the wrong way.
Fiction book (1999) -
North of Milano, where the track forks.
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Then taxiway alpha forks off to the left.
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Our trails fork here.
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The sign hammered into a tree where the trail forked said HAW KNOB, ELEV. 5,472 FEET.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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1.9
To break into parts or pieces
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2.7
To split into two or more parts
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3.3
Leave a main route, area, or topic and go in a different direction
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5.9
To leave a main road and go in a different direction
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8.4
To spread out into many branches like a tree or its roots
To divide into branches, for example a road or river
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
3
8.4
To check if food is cooked by poking it with a fork or to say something is finished
Compounds
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3.7
A place where a road divides into two paths or a time to choose between two options
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4.5
A small metal tool with two prongs that makes a clear sound to help find the right musical note
- Specialized
A fern with thin yellow branches and tiny leaves that grows on trees or the ground in warm forests
How Branched
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fork as a verb meaning 'to divide' comes from the Latin furca for a pronged tool, so to fork is to split into two or more branches just like the prongs of a fork split apart.