Look up: Fork

1. Fork
   Fork is British slang for a pickpocket.
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2. Fork
   Fork is British slang for a pickpocket.
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3. Fork
   See Harness.
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4. fork
   [n] - an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging 2. [n] - cutlery used for serving and eating food 3. [v] - place under attack with one`s own pieces, of two enemy chess pieces 4. [v] - shape like a fork
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5. Fork
   The divided inner end of the lever in a lever escapement, with two prongs or tines between which the impulse-pin engages.
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6. fork
   to support large pieces Category: Various industries and crafts • on the end of this lever a shift -- is mounted....When the shaft is rotated by the movement of the first-and-reverse lever, it causes the shift -- to move forward or backward in the transmission. Category: Mechanical engineering
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7. Fork
   Fork (fôrk) noun [ Anglo-Saxon forc , from Latin furca . Confer Fourché , Furcate .] 1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, paral...
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8. Fork
   Fork intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Forked ; present participle & verbal noun Forking .] 1. To shoot into blades, as corn. « The corn beginneth to fork
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9. Fork
   Fork transitive verb To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil. « Forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart.» Prof. Wilson. To fork over or out , to hand or pay over, as money. [ Slang] G. Eliot.
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10. fork
    1. An instrument consisting consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything. ... 2. Anything furcate or like of a fork in shape, or furcate at the ex...
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11. fork
    noun cutlery used for serving and eating food
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12. fork
    verb place under attack with one`s own pieces, of two enemy pieces
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13. fork
    location where two rivers of equal strength, width, and length join to form one river; neither is considered a tributary to the other
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14. fork
    (fork) a pronged instrument, or something resembling one. replication fork a site on a DNA molecule at which unwinding of the helices and synthesis of daughter molecules are both occurring. Replication fork, showing simultaneous synthesis...
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15. Fork
    • (v. i.) To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks. • (n.) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow. • (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a sha...
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16. fork
    implement consisting of two or more prongs supported by a handle, used for cooking, serving, and eating food. Forks and spoons together are known as ... [1 related articles]
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17. fork
    (operating system) A Unix system call used by a process (the 'parent') to make a copy (the 'child') of itself. The child process is identical to the parent except it has a different process identifier and a zero return value from the fork call. It is assumed to have used no resources. A fork follo...
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18. fork
    
    • cutlery used for serving and eating food
    • the act of branching out or dividing into branches
    • an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
    • the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
    
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19. fork
    a component which is part of a top hamper of a tower and illustrated by figure 3.14
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20. fork
    Type: Term Pronunciation: fōrk Definitions: 1. A pronged instrument used for holding or lifting. 2. An instrument resembling a fork in that it has tines or prongs.
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21. Fork
    Part of the swells of a saddle that makes up the gullet
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22. Fork
    a pair of timbers supporting an end of a roof-tree
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23. Fork
    (chess) In chess, a `fork` is a tactic that uses a single piece to attack multiple pieces at the same time. The attacker usually hopes to gain material by capturing one of the opponent`s pieces. The defender often finds himself in a difficult position in which he cannot counter all threats. T...
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24. Fork
    As a piece of cutlery or kitchenware, a `fork` is a tool consisting of a handle with several narrow tines on one end. The fork, as an eating utensil, has been a feature primarily of the West, whereas in East Asia chopsticks have been more prevalent. Today, forks are increasingly available throughout...
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25. Fork
    (software development) In software engineering, a `project fork` happens when developers take a legal copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct piece of software. Etymology : The term fork comes from the date=January 2011--> Her...
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