What is the meaning of forked?

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verb

  • Lift with a pitchfork.
    • usage: "pitchfork hay"
  • 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"
  • Shape like a fork.
    • usage: "She forked her fingers"

adjective

  • Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.
    • usage: "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"
  • Having two meanings with intent to deceive.
    • usage: "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
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APAWordNet. (2010). forked. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/forked/definitions/1174394
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