1an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.
a farm or garden tool with three or four prongs, used for digging or lifting.
[as modifier] denoting a light meal or buffet that may be eaten solely with a fork, while standing:a fork supper
2the point where something, especially a road or (North American) river, divides into two parts:turn right at the next fork
either of two forked parts:the left fork goes on to the village
3 (usually forks) each of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves.
4a flash of forked lightning.
5 Chess a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one.
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1 [no object] (especially of a route) divide into two parts:the place where the road forks
[no object, with adverbial of direction] take or constitute one route or the other at the point where a route divides:we forked north-west for Rannoch
Computing split (a process) into two or more independent processes:the attack can only work against a server that forks separate processes to handle client requests
2 [with object] dig or move (something) with a fork:fork in some compost
3 [with object] Chess attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one:he has forked my bishop and knight
fork something out/up
informal pay money for something, especially reluctantly:my car had been towed away and I had to fork out 70 quid
