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fork
noun
a
hand-held
eating
tool
with
a
handle
and
two
to
four
pointed
prongs
used
to
pick
up
food
•
Leo
twirled
his
spaghetti
neatly
around
his
fork
.
Leo
twirled
his
spaghetti
neatly
around
his
fork
.
•
The
picnic
set
included
plates
,
cups
,
and
a
bright
red
plastic
fork
for
each
guest
.
The
picnic
set
included
plates
,
cups
,
and
a
bright
red
plastic
fork
for
each
guest
.
Old
English
‘
forca
’
via
Latin
‘
furca
’
meaning
‘
pitchfork
’
or
‘
two-pronged
tool
’.
noun
the
place
where
a
road
,
river
,
or
path
divides
into
two
separate
branches
•
Turn
left
at
the
fork
in
the
road
just
past
the
gas
station
.
Turn
left
at
the
fork
in
the
road
just
past
the
gas
station
.
•
The
hikers
paused
at
a
forest
fork
to
check
their
map
.
The
hikers
paused
at
a
forest
fork
to
check
their
map
.
Sense
extension
from
the
tool
’
s
‘
pronged
’
shape
to
a
branching
point
(
17th
c
.).
verb
to
divide
into
two
branches
or
parts
•
The
trail
forks
after
the
wooden
bridge
.
The
trail
forks
after
the
wooden
bridge
.
•
Watch
how
the
lightning
forks
across
the
night
sky
.
Watch
how
the
lightning
forks
across
the
night
sky
.
From
the
noun
sense
of
a
two-pronged
object
;
recorded
as
a
verb
since
the
late
16th
c
.
noun
in
chess
,
a
tactic
where
one
piece
attacks
two
enemy
pieces
at
the
same
time
•
The
knight
’
s
fork
won
her
an
extra
rook
.
The
knight
’
s
fork
won
her
an
extra
rook
.
•
He
spotted
a
potential
queen
fork
and
quickly
moved
his
bishop
away
.
He
spotted
a
potential
queen
fork
and
quickly
moved
his
bishop
away
.
Named
for
the
pronged
shape
of
an
eating
fork
,
suggesting
two
simultaneous
threats
.
noun
in
computing
,
a
copy
of
software
or
a
project
that
begins
independent
development
from
the
original
•
The
developer
created
a
fork
of
the
open-source
library
to
add
new
features
.
The
developer
created
a
fork
of
the
open-source
library
to
add
new
features
.
•
Several
community
forks
now
exist
,
each
with
different
design
goals
.
Several
community
forks
now
exist
,
each
with
different
design
goals
.
Borrowed
(
early
1990s
)
from
the
older
general
sense
of
‘
branching
’;
popularized
by
version-control
platforms
.
verb
in
computing
,
to
make
a
copy
of
existing
software
so
that
development
can
continue
separately
•
You
can
fork
the
repository
on
the
platform
with
a
single
click
.
You
can
fork
the
repository
on
the
platform
with
a
single
click
.
•
They
forked
the
project
last
year
and
added
virtual-reality
support
.
They
forked
the
project
last
year
and
added
virtual-reality
support
.
Verb
use
grew
from
the
noun
‘
fork
’
in
early
open-source
culture
.