What is the meaning of forking?

noun

• The place where something divides into branches.
  • synonyms: furcation
• The act of branching out or dividing into branches.
  • synonyms: branching, ramification, fork

verb

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