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Definitions for Forked

[1] having a fork or fork-like branches.
[2] zigzag, as lightning.
[3] to speak with /have a forked tongue , to speak deceitfully; attempt to deceive.
[4] an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
[5] something resembling or suggesting this in form.
[6] tuning fork.
[7] Machinery . yoke1(def 9) .
[8] a division into branches.
[9] the point or part at which a thing, as a river or a road, divides into branches: Bear left at the fork in the road.
[10] either of the branches into which a thing divides.
[11] Horology . (in a lever escapement) the forked end of the lever engaging with the ruby pin.
[12] a principal tributary of a river.
[13] the support of the front wheel axles of a bicycle or motorcycle, having the shape of a two-pronged fork.
[14] the barbed head of an arrow.
[15] to pierce, raise, pitch, dig, etc., with a fork.
[16] to make into the form of a fork.
[17] Chess . to maneuver so as to place (two opponent's pieces) under simultaneous attack by the same piece.
[18] Digital Technology to copy (the source code) from a piece of software and develop a new version independently, with the result of producing two unique pieces of software.
[19] to divide into branches: Turn left where the road forks.
[20] to turn as indicated at a fork in a road, path, etc.: Fork left and continue to the top of the hill.
[21] fork over /out /up , Informal . to hand over; deliver; pay: Fork over the money you owe me!
[22] having a fork or forklike parts (in combination ) two-forked
[23] having sharp angles; zigzag
[24] insincere or equivocal (esp in the phrase forked tongue )
[25] a small usually metal implement consisting of two, three, or four long thin prongs on the end of a handle, used for lifting food to the mouth or turning it in cooking, etc
[26] an agricultural tool consisting of a handle and three or four metal prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc
[27] a pronged part of any machine, device, etc
[28] (of a road, river, etc) a division into two or more branches the point where the division begins such a branch
[29] mainly US the main tributary of a river
[30] chess a position in which two pieces are forked
[31] (tr) to pick up, dig, etc, with a fork
[32] (tr) chess to place (two enemy pieces) under attack with one of one's own pieces, esp a knight
[33] (tr) to make into the shape of a fork
[34] (intr) to be divided into two or more branches
[35] to take one or other branch at a fork in a road, river, etc

Words related to Forked

bifurcate, divided, zigzag, split, branching, tined, angled, bifurcated, branched, furcate, divaricate, bifid, dichotomous, pronged

Words nearby Forked

fork out, fork over, fork-lift truck, fork-tender, forkball, forked, forked chain, forked lightning, forkful, forklift, forky

Origin of Forked

before 1000; Middle English forke, Old English forca < Latin furca fork, gallows, yoke

Other words from Forked

fork·ed·ly [fawr -kid-lee] /ˈfɔr kɪd li/ , adverb
fork·ed·ness , noun
un·forked , adjective
fork·less , adjective
fork·like , adjective
un·fork , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Forked

Old English forca , from Latin furca

Synonyms for Forked

angled, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, divaricate, divided, furcate, furcated, split, tined, zigzag, bifid, dichotomous, dichotonic, pronged, tridented