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ALL meanings of forking

fork
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  • noun forking 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 forking something resembling or suggesting this in form. 1
  • noun forking tuning fork. 1
  • noun forking Machinery. yoke1 (def 9). 1
  • noun forking a division into branches. 1
  • noun forking 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
  • noun forking either of the branches into which a thing divides. 1
  • noun forking Horology. (in a lever escapement) the forked end of the lever engaging with the ruby pin. 1
  • noun forking a principal tributary of a river. 1
  • noun forking the support of the front wheel axles of a bicycle or motorcycle, having the shape of a two-pronged fork. 1
  • noun forking the barbed head of an arrow. 1
  • verb with object forking to pierce, raise, pitch, dig, etc., with a fork. 1
  • verb with object forking to make into the form of a fork. 1
  • verb with object forking Chess. to maneuver so as to place (two opponent's pieces) under simultaneous attack by the same piece. 1
  • verb with object forking 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. 1
  • verb without object forking to divide into branches: Turn left where the road forks. 1
  • verb without object forking to turn as indicated at a fork in a road, path, etc.: Fork left and continue to the top of the hill. 1
  • noun forking Present participle of fork. 1
  • noun forking division into forks. 0
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