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Definitions for Forking

[1] 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.
[2] something resembling or suggesting this in form.
[3] tuning fork.
[4] Machinery . yoke1(def 9) .
[5] a division into branches.
[6] 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.
[7] either of the branches into which a thing divides.
[8] Horology . (in a lever escapement) the forked end of the lever engaging with the ruby pin.
[9] a principal tributary of a river.
[10] the support of the front wheel axles of a bicycle or motorcycle, having the shape of a two-pronged fork.
[11] the barbed head of an arrow.
[12] to pierce, raise, pitch, dig, etc., with a fork.
[13] to make into the form of a fork.
[14] Chess . to maneuver so as to place (two opponent's pieces) under simultaneous attack by the same piece.
[15] 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.
[16] to divide into branches: Turn left where the road forks.
[17] to turn as indicated at a fork in a road, path, etc.: Fork left and continue to the top of the hill.
[18] fork over /out /up , Informal . to hand over; deliver; pay: Fork over the money you owe me!
[19] 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
[20] an agricultural tool consisting of a handle and three or four metal prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc
[21] a pronged part of any machine, device, etc
[22] (of a road, river, etc) a division into two or more branches the point where the division begins such a branch
[23] mainly US the main tributary of a river
[24] chess a position in which two pieces are forked
[25] (tr) to pick up, dig, etc, with a fork
[26] (tr) chess to place (two enemy pieces) under attack with one of one's own pieces, esp a knight
[27] (tr) to make into the shape of a fork
[28] (intr) to be divided into two or more branches
[29] to take one or other branch at a fork in a road, river, etc

Words related to Forking

forkbifurcate, angle, divide, diverge, part, split, divaricate

Words nearby Forking

forkforgot, forgotten, forgotten man, forint, forjudge, fork, fork luncheon, fork out, fork over, fork-lift truck, fork-tender

Origin of Forking

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

Other words from Forking

fork·less , adjective
fork·like , adjective
un·fork , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Forking

Old English forca , from Latin furca

Synonyms for Forking

angle, bifurcate, divaricate, diverge, divide, part, split, branch off, branch out