fork
noun
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the act of branching out or dividing into branchesramification
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cutlery used for serving and eating food
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an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging
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the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunkcrotch
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the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches“they took the south fork”crotch
verb
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shape like a fork“They forked their fingers.”
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divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork“The road forks”separatebranchramifyfurcate
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place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
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lift with a pitchfork“pitchfork hay”pitchfork