fork
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noun
1. an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.
(食卓用の)フォーク
a pronged tool used for digging or lifting in a garden or farm.
(農業用の)またぐわ, くま手
2. the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts:
(道･川などの)分岐(点); 分かれ道; 支流; (木･枝の)また
e.g. turn right at the next fork.
either of the two parts where a road or river divides:
e.g. the left fork goes onto the village.
3. a unit consisting of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves.
〖the ～s〗 (自転車などの)フォーク〘前輪をはさむ2本のバー〙
4. a flash of forked lightning.
叉状電光(forked lightning), 稲妻 〘楽〙
5. Chess a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one piece.
〘チェス〙 両当たり
verb
1. no object (especially of a road or other route) divide into two parts:
〈道･川などが〉分岐する［している］
e.g. the place where the road forks.
no object, with adverbial of direction take or constitute one part or the other at the point where a road or other route divides:
e.g. a minor road forked left.
2. with object dig, lift, or manipulate (something) with a fork:
«…に» 〈食べ物など〉をフォークで入れる［置く］; …をフォークで運ぶ «into, onto»
e.g. fork in some compost.
3. with object Chess attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one piece:
e.g. he has forked my bishop and knight.
PHRASAL VERBS
fork something over/fork something out/fork something up (or fork over/fork out/fork up)
informal pay money for something, especially reluctantly.
DERIVATIVES
forkful |ˈfôrkˌfo͝ol| noun (plural forkfuls)
ORIGIN
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).