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- [fawrk out]
- /fɔrk aʊt/
- /fɔːk ˈaʊt/
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- [fawrk out]
- /fɔrk aʊt/
Definitions of fork out words
- noun fork out 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. 1
- noun fork out something resembling or suggesting this in form. 1
- noun fork out tuning fork. 1
- noun fork out Machinery. yoke1 (def 9). 1
- noun fork out a division into branches. 1
- noun fork out 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. 1
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Origin of fork out
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English forke, Old English forca < Latin furca fork, gallows, yoke
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Parts of speech for Fork out
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fork out popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fork out usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fork out
verb fork out
- appoint — If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- hand over — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
Antonyms for fork out
verb fork out
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
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