American English pronunciation
How to pronounce forked
IPA transcription: ['fɔɹkt]
Pronunciation variants: ['fɔɹkt]['fɚkt]
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Verb
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lift with a pitchfork
“pitchfork hay”
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place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
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divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
“The road forks”
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shape like a fork
“She forked her fingers”
Adjective
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resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
“the biramous appendages of an arthropod”
“long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects”
“a forked river”
“a forked tail”
“forked lightning”
“horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots”
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having two meanings with intent to deceive
“a sly double meaning”
“spoke with forked tongue”