- fork
- [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)k[/t]]
forks, forking, forked1) N-COUNT A fork is a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
...knives and forks.
[V n into/onto n] Ann forked some fish into her mouth...
[V n into/onto n] He forked an egg onto a piece of bread and folded it into a sandwich.
3) N-COUNT A garden fork is a tool used for breaking up soil which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.4) VERB If you fork something such as manure or hay, you move it from one place to another using a large garden fork.[V n] They started me off in the gardens as a handyman. Digging, forking manure, that kind of thing...
[V n prep] Farmers cut the hay, fork it on to a cart and then store it in barns.
5) N-COUNT: usu with supp A fork in a road, path, or river is a point at which it divides into two parts and forms a `Y' shape.We arrived at a fork in the road...
The road divides; you should take the right fork.
...the fork of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers.
6) VERB: no cont If a road, path, or river forks, it forms a fork.Beyond the village the road forked...
[V prep/adv] The path dipped down to a sort of cove, and then it forked in two directions.
7) VERB If you fork in a particular direction when you are travelling along a road or path, you choose one of the forks in it and travel down it.[V prep/adv] Just before the town boundary fork left onto a minor road.
8) → See also tuning forkPhrasal Verbs:- fork out
English dictionary. 2008.
