A2verb · transitive · common

fork

fork · forks · forked · forking

відокремити, розділяти, відділити

отделить, разделять, отделять

spalten, aufspalten, gabeln, sich gabeln

To divide into two or more branches or copiesTo divide into two or more branches or copies.

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UK/fɔːk/US/fɔɹk/

» A fork fell off the table.

Eine Gabel ist vom Tisch gefallen. — MUIRIEL

Со стола упала вилка. — marafon

Зі стола впала виделка. — deniko

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Meaning

10 senses

(ambitransitive)To divide into two or more branches or copies.
A road, a tree, or a stream forks.
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
To divide into two or more branches or copies.
(ambitransitive)To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
gabeln, aufspalten, spalten
(ambitransitive)To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
aufspalten, spalten
(ambitransitive, transitive)To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
(transitive)To move with a fork (as hay or food).
aufgabeln, gabeln
shape like a fork
(transitive)To apply a fork to.
forking the soil
(UK, transitive)To kick someone in the crotch.
(intransitive)To shoot into blades, as corn does.
To simultaneously attack two opposing pieces with a single attacking piece.
place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
(transitive)To bale a shaft dry.

Examples

245 sentences

A fork fell off the table.
Зі стола впала виделка. — deniko
ruСо стола упала вилка. — marafon
deEine Gabel ist vom Tisch gefallen. — MUIRIEL
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Eating yogurt with a fork is somewhat difficult.
Їсти йогурт виделкою дещо нелегко. — deniko
ruЕсть йогурт вилкой довольно трудно. — marafon
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The boy can handle a knife and fork very well.
Хлопчик вміє добре користуватися ножем та виделкою. — aandrusiak
ruМальчик умеет пользоваться ножом и вилкой. — marafon
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Tom put down his spoon and picked up a fork.
Том поклав ложку і взяв виделку. — deniko
ruТом отложил ложку и взял вилку. — marafon
deTom legte den Löffel weg und nahm eine Gabel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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One fork is missing.
Бракує однієї виделки. — deniko
ruНе хватает одной вилки. — marafon
deEine Gabel fehlt. — samueldora
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Translations

4 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to divide into two or more branches:

computer science: to spawn a new child process:

to move with fork:

Origin

From Middle English forke (“digging fork”), from Old English force, forca (“forked instrum

From Middle English forke (“digging fork”), from Old English force, forca (“forked instrument used to torture”), from Proto-West Germanic *furkō (“fork”), from Latin furca (“pitchfork, forked stake; gallows, beam, stake, support post, yoke”), of uncertain origin. The Middle English word was later reinforced by Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French forque (= Old French forche whence French fourche), also from the Latin. Doublet of fourche and furcate. Cognate also with North Frisian forck (“fork”), Dutch vork (“fork”), Danish fork (“fork”), German Forke (“pitchfork”). Displaced native gafol, ġeafel, ġeafle (“fork”), from Old English.

Ultimately from Etymology 1, above, through use for various things with two or more branches. Attested in this sense from the 18th century.

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