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Forked

adjective
1.
Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.  Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, pronged, prongy.  "Long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects" , "A forked river" , "A forked tail" , "Forked lightning" , "Horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"
2.
Having two meanings with intent to deceive.  Synonym: double.  "Spoke with forked tongue"


Fork

verb
(past & past part. forked; pres. part. forking)
1.
Lift with a pitchfork.  Synonym: pitchfork.
2.
Place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces.
3.
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.  Synonyms: branch, furcate, ramify, separate.
4.
Shape like a fork.



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"Forked" Quotes from Famous Books



... three-forked lightning, first Breaking the clouds wherein it nurst, Did thorough his own ...
— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier
... take us for the money now. He had one gentleman, an Englishman, inside already, but evidently the sharp fellow was looking out for a double fare; so he asked this gentleman if we might get inside as we were going in the same direction. He politely and readily consented, and we were forked in by cabby, who then shot off as if the whole road was ...
— The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence - A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns • William Lawrence
... September the hurricane raged over Manila, lashing the buildings with its gigantic wings. The thunder crashed continuously. Lightning flashes momentarily revealed the havoc wrought by the blast and threw the inhabitants into wild terror. The rain fell in torrents. Each flash of the forked lightning showed a piece of roofing or a window-blind flying through the air to fall with a horrible crash. Not a person or a carriage moved through the streets. When the hoarse reverberations of the thunder, a hundred times re-echoed, lost themselves in the distance, ...
— The Social Cancer - A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere • Jose Rizal
... Hunger, however, overcame their fears, and the huntsmen returned in safety with three deer, sufficient to afford food both to the English and natives. The fires had already been lighted, and the cooks at once set to work to roast the joints of venison, on spits formed of wood, supported on forked sticks; while the rest of the Indians squatted round with eager ...
— The Settlers - A Tale of Virginia • William H. G. Kingston
... the ground at a slant and about five feet apart. Then lay two big logs one on each side of a stake to serve as andirons. Build a fire between these logs and pile up a row of logs above the fire and leaning against the stakes. You may have to brace the stakes with two others which should have a forked end. When the lower log burns out the next one will drop down in its place and unless you have soft, poor wood the fire should burn for ten hours. With this kind of a fire and with a leanto, it is possible to keep warm in the woods, on the coldest, ...
— Outdoor Sports and Games • Claude H. Miller


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