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The word fork is in the Wiktionary

48 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • fork n. Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows…
  • fork n. (By abstraction, from the tool shape) A fork in the road, as follows…
  • fork n. (By abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits…
  • fork n. (Metonymically, and analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is…
  • fork n. (Figuratively, decision-making) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
  • fork n. (Figuratively, by abstraction, from a physical fork) (software development, content management, data…
  • fork n. (Chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
  • fork n. (Britain, vulgar) The crotch. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  • fork n. (Colloquial) A forklift.
  • fork n. Either of the blades of a forklift (or, in plural, the set of blades), on which the goods to be raised are loaded.
  • fork n. (Cycling, motorcycling, by abstraction from a pronged tool’s shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the…
  • fork n. The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
  • fork n. (Obsolete) A gallows.
  • fork v. (Transitive, intransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.
  • fork v. (Transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
  • fork v. (Transitive, Britain) To kick someone in the crotch.
  • fork v. (Intransitive) To shoot into blades, as corn does.
  • fork v. (Transitive) Euphemistic form of fuck.
  • fork n. (Mining) The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
  • fork v. (Mining, transitive) To bale a shaft dry.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Danish
    • fork n. (Two-pronged) fork, pitchfork.
    • fork. n. Abbreviation of forkortelse (“abbreviation”).
  • Middle english
    • fork n. Alternative form of forke.
  • Old norse
    • fórk cont. Contraction of fór ek.
  • Swedish
    • förk. n. (Lexicography) abbrev., abbreviation; Abbreviation of förkortning.
— English word, defined in German —
  • fork S. Utensil mit zwei oder mehreren Zinken, das in der Küche oder beim Essen zum Halten und Befördern fester…
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • fork n. (Gereedschap) vork (bestek).
— English words, defined in French —
  • fork n. Fourchette.
  • fork n. Fourche.
  • fork n. (Échecs) Fourchette.
  • fork n. (Programmation) Projet ou logiciel issu d’une scission avec un projet initial unique, et qui partage…
  • fork n. (Musique) Diapason.
  • fork v. Utiliser une fourchette pour porter la nourriture à la bouche.
  • fork v. (Informatique) Créer un nouveau processus par bifurcation d’un processus existant.
  • fork v. (Programmation) Éclater un projet en plusieurs projets distincts.
  • fork v. (Échecs) Faire une fourchette.
— English word, defined in Spanish —
  • fork s. Utensilios. Tenedor1,2.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • fork s. Garfo.
  • fork s. Forqueadura, bifurcação.
  • fork s. Divisão, ramificação.
  • fork s. Forcado.
  • fork v. Forquear.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • fork s. Forchetta.
  • fork s. Forca.
  • fork s. Diramazione, biforcazione.
— In German —
  • Fork S. Informatik, Softwarentwicklung: Entwicklungszweig nach der…
— In French —
  • fork n.m. (Anglicisme informatique) Appel système du système UNIX…
  • fork n.m. (Anglicisme informatique) (Programmation) Par analogie…
140 English words from 25 English definitions

abbrev abbreviation abstraction add adversary Alternative analogous and any anything are as␣follows attack attacking bale bars between bicycle blades bottom bow branches Britain brow Can cantle Chess Colloquial connected content Contraction copies corn crotch Cycling data decision decision␣making development divide does drains dry Either end especially Euphemistic example Figuratively follows food for fork fork␣in␣the␣road forklift form from front fuck gallows goods has has␣to hay in␣time into intransitive kick knight Lexicography life loaded make make␣a␣decision making management Metonymically mine Mining more motorcycle motorcycling move Obsolete of␣a one on␣the other other␣end parts paths physical piece pieces pitchfork plural point point␣in␣time prong pronged raised river road saddle saddle␣bars saddle␣bow sense set several shaft shape shoot simultaneous single software someone splits stream such such␣as sump the this time tined tool tools to␣the transitive tree two Two-pronged types upper vulgar water waterway where which with

29 English words from 23 foreign definitions

à␣la Appel bifurcation bouche das der Diapason Essen existant Faire fester Fourche fourchette initial Musique nouveau par partage porter pour processus projet projets scission und unique UNIX Utensil Utiliser

1 foreign word from 25 English definitions

forke

46 foreign words from 23 foreign definitions

à␣la␣bouche analogie Anglicisme Appel␣système avec Befördern beim bestek biforcazione bifurcação Créer Diramazione distincts Divisão Échecs Éclater Faire␣une Forca Forcado Forchetta Forquear Garfo Gereedschap Halten Informatik informatique issu Küche logiciel mehreren mit nach nourriture oder plusieurs Programmation qui ramificação système Tenedor une Utensilios vork Zinken zum zwei

88 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

fork␣F forks forkt forky forked forken forker Forker forkers Forkers forkful fork␣hoe forking Forkner fork␣off fork␣oil fork␣out forkable forkball fork␣beam forkbomb fork␣bomb forkedly for␣keeps forkfuls forkhead fork␣hoes for␣kicks forkings forkless forklift forklike forkload Forkners fork␣oils forkolin fork␣over forksful forks␣out forktail forkweed forkwise forkballs fork␣beams forkbeard fork␣bombs fork␣chuck forked␣out forkheads forkiness +38 words

64 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

biforked hayforks pie␣forks preforks unforked bent␣forks cake␣forks chip␣forks crab␣forks dungforks fish␣forks Five␣Forks hard␣forks meatforks preforked soft␣forks tree␣forks twiforked unforking Woodforks Grand␣Forks pitchforks Pitchforks preforking royal␣forks salad␣forks shakeforks slave␣forks spade␣forks fondue␣forks garden␣forks multiforked pastry␣forks pickle␣forks pitchforked three-forked tuning␣forks digging␣forks harpoon␣forks Morton's␣forks pitchforkful pitchforking seafood␣forks spading␣forks cocktail␣forks military␣forks pitchforkfuls pitchforklike pitchforksful toasting-forks toasting␣forks +13 words

48 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

hayfork Hayfork pie␣fork prefork bent␣fork cake␣fork chip␣fork crab␣fork dungfork dung␣fork fish␣fork hair␣fork hard␣fork meatfork soft␣fork tree␣fork Woodfork Hume's␣fork multifork pitchfork Pitchfork royal␣fork salad␣fork shakefork slave␣fork spade␣fork farm-to-fork fondue␣fork garden␣fork manure␣fork pastry␣fork pickle␣fork tuning␣fork digging␣fork harpoon␣fork Morton's␣fork Rolling␣Fork seafood␣fork spading␣fork cocktail␣fork knife-and-fork military␣fork toasting-fork toasting␣fork winnowing-fork winnowing␣fork replication␣fork dig␣one's␣grave␣with␣a␣fork

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

for FOR for- ork

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

KFOR Korf

12 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Ferko fork␣F forks forkt forky frock Frock Fronk frosk Korff Korfs Kroft

20 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Fok FOK for FOR for- fro 'fro KOF kor Kor KOR OKR orf Orf ORF ork RFK RKO rok ROK

45 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bork Bork cork Cork dork fark ferk firk Fock folk Folk fook fora forb FoRB FORB ford Ford fore Fore fore- form FORM -form form- forn fors fort Fort for't fyrk gork hork lork Mork nork Nork pork Rork work Work -work york York Zork

6 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Fok FOK for FOR for- ork


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