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Noun
S:
(n)
fork
(cutlery used for serving and eating food)
S:
(n)
branching
,
ramification
,
fork
,
forking
(the act of branching out or dividing into branches)
S:
(n)
fork
,
crotch
(the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches)
"they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree"
S:
(n)
fork
(an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
hayfork
(a long-handled fork for turning or lifting hay)
part meronym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
crotch
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fork
(the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk)
Verb
S:
(v)
pitchfork
,
fork
(lift with a pitchfork)
"pitchfork hay"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
fork
(place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces)
S:
(v)
branch
,
ramify
,
fork
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furcate
,
separate
(divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork)
"The road forks"
S:
(v)
fork
(shape like a fork)
"She forked her fingers"