Word Meaning

forks definition and meaning

n. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.
n. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
n. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
n. The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road.
n. The gibbet.
v. i. To shoot into blades, as corn.
v. i. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.
v. t. To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.

Crossword clues for forks

- Branch
- Cutlery item
- Garden tool
- Gardening tool
- Implement for keen beginner
- Branches off
- Divides (of road)