fork
🇺🇸
/fɔːrk/
🇬🇧
/fɔːk/
noun
A2
A tool with a handle and sharp points, used for eating food.
Use a fork to eat your salad.
R
A garden tool with sharp points, used for digging.
Use a fork to turn the soil in the garden.
R
A place where a road or river splits into two parts.
At the fork, take the left path.
R
Something that splits into two or more parts.
The bird sat on a fork of the tree.
R
A part on a bicycle or motorcycle that holds the wheel.
The front fork of the bike was bent in the crash.
verb
R
To split into two parts going different ways.
The road forks ahead, so be ready to choose.
R
To turn where a road splits.
Fork left at the next intersection.
R
To move or lift something with a fork.
She used a fork to serve the cake.
translation
A tool with a handle and sharp points, used for eating food.; A garden tool with sharp points, used for digging.; A place where a road or river splits into two parts.; Something that splits into two or more parts.; A part on a bicycle or motorcycle that holds the wheel.
To split into two parts going different ways.; To turn where a road splits.; To move or lift something with a fork.
Word Forms
3rd Present
forks
Progressive
forking
Past
forked
Plural
forks
Perfect
forked