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forks
We have found lemma(root) word of forks : fork.
Definitions
[fɔːk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting
- the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts
(e.g: turn right at the next fork)
- each of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves
- a flash of forked lightning
- a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English forca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca)
[fɔːk], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (especially of a route) divide into two parts
(e.g: the place where the road forks)
- dig or move (something) with a fork
(e.g: fork in some compost)
- attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one
(e.g: he has forked my bishop and knight)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English forca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca)
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