Fork
noun
A tool with two or more prongs used for eating or serving food.
She used a fork to eat her salad.
Often appears as...
- dinner fork
- salad fork
noun
A place where something divides into two or more branches.
The river splits into a fork near the mountains.
Often appears as...
- fork in the road
- fork in the river
verb
To divide into two or more branches.
The path forks to the left and right beyond the hill.
Often appears as...
- fork left
- fork right
noun
In computing, a point at which a program is duplicated.
The developer decided to fork the open-source project and add his own features.
Often appears as...
- fork a project
- software fork
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To pay or give a certain amount.
He had to fork out a lot of money for the car repairs.
Often appears as...
- fork out money
- fork out cash
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
The lower part of a pitchfork.
She grasped the fork of the pitchfork and began to load hay.
Often appears as...
- pitchfork fork
- farming fork
noun
A tool with two or more prongs used for eating or serving food.
She used a fork to eat her salad.
Often appears as...
- dinner fork
- salad fork
noun
A place where something divides into two or more branches.
The river splits into a fork near the mountains.
Often appears as...
- fork in the road
- fork in the river
verb
To divide into two or more branches.
The path forks to the left and right beyond the hill.
Often appears as...
- fork left
- fork right
noun
In computing, a point at which a program is duplicated.
The developer decided to fork the open-source project and add his own features.
Often appears as...
- fork a project
- software fork
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To pay or give a certain amount.
He had to fork out a lot of money for the car repairs.
Often appears as...
- fork out money
- fork out cash
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
The lower part of a pitchfork.
She grasped the fork of the pitchfork and began to load hay.
Often appears as...
- pitchfork fork
- farming fork
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Eating Utensil
Forks have multiple prongs for picking up food easily.
She twirled spaghetti around her fork.
Pro Tip 2/2Serving Types
Different forks exist for various meals, like dessert forks for sweets.
He chose a smaller fork for his pie.
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Now at first, I would have believed them. I remember, for example, sitting up one night on guard outside my parents' room to protect them from what I thought was a genuine threat from the voices. Because I'd had such a bad problem with self-injury that most of the cutlery in the house had been hidden, so I ended up arming myself with a plastic fork,
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while we're distracted by one particular object. When our attention returns, we feel as if we've been here before. For example, just now you focused on the fork and didn't observe the tablecloth or the falling waiter. Although your brain has been recording everything in your peripheral vision, it's been doing so below conscious awareness.
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Bran Ferren: To create...
that big lump is in the middle of the road. Not so bad, and it will give us a sense of purpose in this new world. Besides, once the first drivers explain to their confused car that the giant chicken at the fork in the road is actually a restaurant, and it's okay to keep driving,
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Ash Beckham: When to...
And she set down her fork, and locked eyes with him, and said, "Yes, a girlfriend. That is all." And his smug smile quickly dropped to one of maternal respect, grabbed his plate, walked off, went back to work. She never made eye contact with me.
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An Internet Without...
A fork is a simple tool. And we don't like them made of plastic, in the same way I don't really like my phone very much -- it's not how I want to experience information. I think there are better solutions than a world mediated by screens.
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The psychological weight...
have anything i wanted as long as i ate it with a knife and a fork trust me it feels ridiculous to eat a snickers bar like this but it helped me be more conscious of what i was eating i learned to be in perpetual motion all day every day
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Immerse Yourself in the...
a structure we've always I suppose just continue to do what we do here there's a sort of field to fork food we have the grass which the cows have that makes the milk the milk produces the cheese the cheese has the courage and the way the
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The Gauntlet PIPE Think...
Unfortunately, the radios also tipped off the robots. So they’ve taken defensive measures to protect the final artifact in its home in the very heart of the city. There’s only one way to get the gauntlet of forking paths.
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Monitor Lizard LICKS...
things that uses in defense lashes out with that tail to drive away anything that could be a potential threat as he's moving through the leaves tongues lashing out ahead of them you see it's a forked tongue just like a
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How to set the table -...
Have you ever helped set a table and found yourself wondering where to place the forks? Or sat down to eat a restaurant and wondered which utensils to use? Well, here's some simple, traditional etiquette tips
Video examples
The voices in my head PIPE...
Now at first, I would have believed them. I remember, for example, sitting up one night on guard outside my parents' room to protect them from what I thought was a genuine threat from the voices. Because I'd had such a bad problem with self-injury that most of the cutlery in the house had been hidden, so I ended up arming myself with a plastic fork,
Video examples
What is déjà vu? What is...
while we're distracted by one particular object. When our attention returns, we feel as if we've been here before. For example, just now you focused on the fork and didn't observe the tablecloth or the falling waiter. Although your brain has been recording everything in your peripheral vision, it's been doing so below conscious awareness.
Video examples
Bran Ferren: To create...
that big lump is in the middle of the road. Not so bad, and it will give us a sense of purpose in this new world. Besides, once the first drivers explain to their confused car that the giant chicken at the fork in the road is actually a restaurant, and it's okay to keep driving,
Video examples
Ash Beckham: When to...
And she set down her fork, and locked eyes with him, and said, "Yes, a girlfriend. That is all." And his smug smile quickly dropped to one of maternal respect, grabbed his plate, walked off, went back to work. She never made eye contact with me.
Video examples
An Internet Without...
A fork is a simple tool. And we don't like them made of plastic, in the same way I don't really like my phone very much -- it's not how I want to experience information. I think there are better solutions than a world mediated by screens.
Video examples
The psychological weight...
have anything i wanted as long as i ate it with a knife and a fork trust me it feels ridiculous to eat a snickers bar like this but it helped me be more conscious of what i was eating i learned to be in perpetual motion all day every day
Video examples
Immerse Yourself in the...
a structure we've always I suppose just continue to do what we do here there's a sort of field to fork food we have the grass which the cows have that makes the milk the milk produces the cheese the cheese has the courage and the way the
Video examples
The Gauntlet PIPE Think...
Unfortunately, the radios also tipped off the robots. So they’ve taken defensive measures to protect the final artifact in its home in the very heart of the city. There’s only one way to get the gauntlet of forking paths.
Video examples
Monitor Lizard LICKS...
things that uses in defense lashes out with that tail to drive away anything that could be a potential threat as he's moving through the leaves tongues lashing out ahead of them you see it's a forked tongue just like a
Video examples
How to set the table -...
Have you ever helped set a table and found yourself wondering where to place the forks? Or sat down to eat a restaurant and wondered which utensils to use? Well, here's some simple, traditional etiquette tips
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Elodie Yung
French Actress
I don't carry sai blades for the sake of it in my personal life. I had to learn how to manipulate the sais. It was very tricky, because it's a weird shape. It's like a big fork. There's a lot of ways that you can use them, but it's not like a sword.
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Mike DeWine
American Politician
One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you take, you face choices. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. And it is those decisions that shape our lives.
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Letitia Baldrige
American Writer
There are major CEOs who do not know how to hold a knife and fork properly, but I don't worry about that as much as the lack of kindness.
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Denise Lewis
British Athlete
Life presents us with lots of forks in the road - big choices that define what kind of a person we are and how successful we become.
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Jamie Oliver
British Chef
Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.
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Carl Froch
English Athlete
I don't talk for the sake of talking and I don't talk with a forked tongue.
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Dana Goodyear
American Journalist
If this is the end of the world, give me a fork and a knife.
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Ed Kowalczyk
American Musician
Life takes turns. There are forks in the road.
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Paul Prudhomme
American Chef
You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.
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Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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Elodie Yung
French Actress
I don't carry sai blades for the sake of it in my personal life. I had to learn how to manipulate the sais. It was very tricky, because it's a weird shape. It's like a big fork. There's a lot of ways that you can use them, but it's not like a sword.
Quote examples
Mike DeWine
American Politician
One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you take, you face choices. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. And it is those decisions that shape our lives.
Quote examples
Letitia Baldrige
American Writer
There are major CEOs who do not know how to hold a knife and fork properly, but I don't worry about that as much as the lack of kindness.
Quote examples
Denise Lewis
British Athlete
Life presents us with lots of forks in the road - big choices that define what kind of a person we are and how successful we become.
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Jamie Oliver
British Chef
Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.
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Carl Froch
English Athlete
I don't talk for the sake of talking and I don't talk with a forked tongue.
Quote examples
Dana Goodyear
American Journalist
If this is the end of the world, give me a fork and a knife.
Quote examples
Ed Kowalczyk
American Musician
Life takes turns. There are forks in the road.
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Paul Prudhomme
American Chef
You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.
Quote examples
Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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