fork

noun

• 1an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.
• a pronged tool used for digging or lifting in a garden or farm.

• 2a device, component, or part with two or more prongs, in particular.
• a unit consisting of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves.
• a flash of forked lightning.

• 3the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts.
• either of the two parts where a road or river divides.

• 4 Chess a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one piece.

verb

• 1 [no object] (especially of a road or other route) divide into two parts:the place where the road forks
• [no object] take or constitute one part or the other at the point where a road or other route divides:a minor road forked left

• 2 [with object] dig, lift, or manipulate (something) with a fork:fork in some compost

• 3 [with object] Chess attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one piece.