to fork
8
6.6
- verb
- /fɔrk/
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- "Love them," Holly said, forking up a mouthful and chewing the cold, sodden pancakes with enthusiasm.
- fork the hay
- fork the soil
Examples
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"So, what do I do?" She forked a slice of turkey breast.
Fiction book (2000) -
Today he'll finish cutting the ground and begin forking the yam banks by the time the sun goes down.
Fiction book (1995) -
My father forked another slab of pot roast onto his plate.
Fiction book (2001) -
Dusty, who had stopped forking hay to listen to the exchange, grinned and spat accurately in the opposite direction.
Fiction book (1992) -
To prepare the garden for planting, he used a pitchfork to fork the soil.
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Farmers will fork hay into piles before storing it for the winter.
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After adding the compost, she took her pitchfork and began to fork it into the dirt.
Synonyms
1
3.6
To lift or move things using a long-handled tool with wide sharp prongs
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
4
8.4
To check if food is cooked by poking it with a fork or to say something is finished
Compounds
11
3.7
A place where a road divides into two paths or a time to choose between two options
4
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fork meaning 'to lift with a pitchfork' comes straight from the old word furca for a pronged farm tool, so to fork hay is to move it using those prongs.