fork
/fɔɹk/ verb C2- To divide into two or more branches or copies. · A road, a tree, or a stream forks.
- To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
- To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
- To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
- To move with a fork (as hay or food).
- To apply a fork to. · forking the soil
- To shoot into blades, as corn does.
- To simultaneously attack two opposing pieces with a single attacking piece.
He/she/it forks · Past forked · Past participle forked · -ing form forking
Verb forms
- Base form
- fork
- He/she/it
- forks
- Past
- forked
- Past participle
- forked
- -ing form
- forking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Ring, then, if you please, for a second knife, fork, and plate, and we will dine together.”
Here in the fork
While the Panther received knife and fork with a growl,
“Where is the olive fork?”
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