What is the meaning of fork?

noun

• Cutlery used for serving and eating food.
• The act of branching out or dividing into branches.
  • synonyms: branching, ramification, forking
• The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches.
  • usage: "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree"
  • synonyms: crotch
• An agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs.
• The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk.
  • synonyms: crotch

verb

• Lift with a pitchfork.
  • usage: "pitchfork hay"
  • synonyms: pitchfork
• Place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces.
• Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
  • usage: "The road forks"
  • synonyms: branch, ramify, furcate, separate
• Shape like a fork.
  • usage: "She forked her fingers"