Fork

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1 Noun 1.1 Related terms 1.2 Translations 2 Verb 2.1 Translations

Noun

fork (forks )

1. A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth (see image)
2. A tool with spikes used for digging
3. An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two
4. A point where a waterway, such as a river, splits and goes two (or more) different directions (see image)
5. An event where development of some free software or open-source software is split into two or more separate projects
6. Crotch(British usage)

Related terms

• pitchfork
• tuning fork

Translations

• Breton: fourchetez f -ioù pl (1), forc'h f ferc'hier pl (2)
• Chinese Characters: 歧 (3)
• Dutch: vork
• Finnish: haarukka (1); talikko (2); haara (3); forkki (4) (slang)
• French: fourchette f (1); fourche f (2)
• German: Gabel f (1, 2, 3), Fork m (4)
• Italian: forchetta f (1), biforcazione f (3)
• Latin: furca f (1, 2)
• Lithuanian: šakutė f (1); šakės f, pl (2); išsišakojimas m (3); dvišakuma f (5)
• Polish: widelec m (1), widły pl (2), rozwidlenie n (3)
• Romanian: furculiţă f (1) furcă (2), bifurcaţie (3)
• Slovak: vidlička f (1), vidly f pl (2), obojsmerné spojenie n (3)
• Slovene: vilice f pl (1)
• Spanish: tenedor m

Verb

to fork (forked, forked)

1. To use a fork to move food to mouth
2. To split a (software) project into several projects
3. To pay, to contribute
4. To kick someone in the crotch

Translations

• Finnish: haarukoida (1); forkata (2) (slang)