Definition for Fork:

• Instrument with prongs; division into branches; one of the branches so formed.

Synonyms for Fork:

• n.

  •
  • confluence,
  • junction,
  • crossroad,
  • back away,
  • backtrack,
  • stream,
  • scatter,
  • draw back,
  • shrink,
  • creek,
  • stand aside,
  • back,
  • retreat,
  • bend,
  • tributary,
  • pull away.
  •
  • bayou,
  • bottom,
  • channel,
  • arm,
  • bed,
  • backwater,
  • bight,
  • cascade,
  • cataract.
  •
  • connection,
  • central reservation,
  • bicycle lane,
  • chicane,
  • camber,
  • carpool lane,
  • bike lane.
  •
  • cannibalize,
  • bolt,
  • devour,
  • champ,
  • crunch,
  • bite,
  • chow down,
  • choke down,
  • demolish,
  • chomp.
  •
  • burrow,
  • excavate,
  • tunnel,
  • bore,
  • dig out,
  • bulldoze,
  • dredge,
  • grub up,
  • scoop.
  •
  • hose.
  •angle (noun)
  • turnings,
  • crotch,
  • flexures,
  • VS,
  • flexure,
  • flection,
  • Obliquities,
  • obliquity.
  •artifact (noun)
  • fork.
  •bisection (noun)
  • hemisphere,
  • halfway,
  • half-and-half,
  • half,
  • bisection,
  • bifurcation,
  • dichotomy,
  • cleavage.
  •branch (noun)
  • ex-tensions,
  • ex tension,
  • ex-tension.
  •branching (noun)
  • branching.
  •corner (noun)
  • cloverleafs.
  •detour (noun)
  • By-pass,
  • runaround,
  • Circumbendibus,
  • byway,
  • circumnavigation,
  • secondary highway,
  • alternate route,
  • by-passes,
  • circuitous route,
  • Bypaths,
  • circumnavigations,
  • bypath,
  • temporary route,
  • roundabout way,
  • by-way,
  • byways.
  •deviation (noun)
  • de-flections,
  • in consistencies,
  • in consistency,
  • in-consistency,
  • de flection,
  • hereticisms,
  • dis-parity,
  • dis-parities,
  • dis parities,
  • dis parity,
  • in-consistencies,
  • de-flection,
  • de flections.
  •difference (noun)
  • divarication.
  •divarication (noun)
  • dis agreements,
  • dis-agreements,
  • in comparabilities,
  • in comparability,
  • disparatenesses,
  • dis agreement,
  • dis-agreement,
  • in-comparability,
  • incomparabilities,
  • in-comparabilities,
  • divaricatings.
  •divergence (noun)
  • Alterity,
  • mutation,
  • otherness.
  •elbow (noun)
  • half turn,
  • crazy bone,
  • Ancon.
  •fork (noun)
  • forking,
  • separate.
  •recess (noun)
  • in-dentation,
  • re-treat,
  • re-treats,
  • re-cesses,
  • hiding places,
  • re-cess,
  • re treats,
  • re cesses,
  • in-dentations,
  • penetralias,
  • re cess,
  • in dentations,
  • in dentation.
  •turn (noun)
  • re versions,
  • re-versal,
  • about face,
  • re-verse,
  • retro-version,
  • re verse,
  • re versal,
  • right about,
  • right abouts,
  • right-abouts,
  • retroversions,
  • retro version,
  • re-version,
  • rightabout,
  • retro-versions,
  • re-versions,
  • rightabouts,
  • changeabouts,
  • retro versions,
  • re version.

• v.

  •bifurcate (verb)
  • bi-furcating,
  • bi-furcates,
  • bi-furcated,
  • bi-furcate,
  • bi furcated,
  • bi furcate,
  • bi furcating,
  • bi furcates.
  •bisect (verb)
  • dichotomizes,
  • cutting across,
  • cut two,
  • divides two,
  • cuts across,
  • splits down the middle,
  • dividing two,
  • dimidiates,
  • divided in two,
  • cuts half,
  • split down middle,
  • cutting half,
  • splits down middle,
  • divide two,
  • dividing in two,
  • cut half,
  • splitting down the middle,
  • cutting in half,
  • Hemisected,
  • cutting two,
  • cuts two,
  • hemisects,
  • splitting down middle,
  • Dimidiated,
  • furcates,
  • divides in two,
  • divaricates,
  • Hemisecting,
  • divided two,
  • cuts in half.
  •branch off/branch out (verb)
  • ex-tend,
  • ex tend,
  • ex tends,
  • ex-tending,
  • ex-tends,
  • ex-tended,
  • in-crease,
  • ex tending,
  • multi-plying,
  • multi-plied,
  • multi plying,
  • in-creased,
  • in creases,
  • in crease,
  • in creasing,
  • ex tended,
  • in-creases.
  •contact (verb)
  • pitchfork.
  •diverge (verb)
  • branch off.
  •go separate ways (verb)
  • divide,
  • part.
  •halve (verb)
  • cleave,
  • fissure,
  • rip,
  • rupture,
  • halve,
  • axe,
  • cut,
  • slit,
  • tear,
  • sever,
  • rend.
  •ramble (verb)
  • be all over map,
  • were over the map,
  • wert all over map,
  • am all over the map,
  • was all over map,
  • getting sidetracked,
  • wast over map,
  • be over map,
  • are over map,
  • being all over the map,
  • wert all over the map,
  • wast all over the map,
  • was over the map,
  • art all over map,
  • being over map,
  • am all over map,
  • wast all over map,
  • got sidetracked,
  • is over the map,
  • wert over the map,
  • am over the map,
  • am over map,
  • were over map,
  • were all over map,
  • gat sidetracked,
  • being all over map,
  • wert over map,
  • being over the map,
  • sprangles,
  • be over the map,
  • are over the map,
  • is all over the map,
  • art over the map,
  • were all over the map,
  • is all over map,
  • wast over the map,
  • was all over the map,
  • art over map,
  • is over map,
  • art all over the map,
  • are all over map,
  • are all over the map,
  • was over map,
  • gets sidetracked,
  • gotten sidetracked.
  •ramify (verb)
  • sub-dividing,
  • sub-divides,
  • sub-divided,
  • sub-divide,
  • sub divided,
  • sub divide,
  • sub dividing,
  • sub divides.
  •split (verb)
  • dis joins,
  • puts asunder,
  • putting asunder,
  • came undone,
  • dis-sever,
  • dis-band,
  • dis-unites,
  • dis sever,
  • dis banded,
  • dis severs,
  • went separate ways,
  • dis-united,
  • dis-severs,
  • dis bands,
  • dis unite,
  • came apart,
  • dis-unite,
  • dis-banded,
  • dis-joining,
  • parting company,
  • comes undone,
  • comes apart,
  • parts company,
  • goes separate ways,
  • dis unites,
  • dis severing,
  • parted company,
  • dis united,
  • dis-joins,
  • dis severed,
  • dis banding,
  • dis-join,
  • dis joining,
  • going separate ways,
  • dis-bands,
  • dis-uniting,
  • dis-severed,
  • dis joined,
  • dis-joined,
  • dis join,
  • coming undone,
  • dis band,
  • dis-severing,
  • dis uniting,
  • dis-banding.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • table knife,
  • cleaver,
  • soupspoon,
  • lawn mower,
  • shears,
  • mower,
  • watering can,
  • toasting fork,
  • carving knife,
  • fish knife,
  • slotted spoon,
  • wooden spoon,
  • scythe,
  • chopstick.
  •
  • dessertspoon,
  • offshoot,
  • straw,
  • subdivide,
  • sickle,
  • carver,
  • hoe,
  • teaspoon,
  • trowel,
  • tablespoon,
  • sprinkler.
  •
  • chopper,
  • knife,
  • ladle,
  • spade.
  •
  • shovel,
  • corner,
  • flail.
  •
  • rake.
  •diverge
  • excurses,
  • branched,
  • Excurse.
  •silver
  • silverware.

Paraphrases for Fork:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pitchfork.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    officers, desks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    officers, crossroads, pork.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    clevis.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    clevis, intersection.

Antonyms for Fork:

• v.

  • go separate ways
    agree, combine, connect, join.
  • Other antonyms:
    assemble, converge, gather, meet.

Fork Sentence Examples:

• But I passed him at the fork as I came up, an' he was standin' just as solemn an' silent while Mr. Chamberlayne, over from Applegate, was askin' him questions."

• The men had gone home, - Priscilla was clearing the great hall, when there came on a sudden storm - just a flash of lightning - I can see it now, striking a blue fork across the windows - a clap of thunder - and then a regular downpour of rain.

Hypernym for Fork:

• n.

  • artifact
    salad fork, tablefork, carving fork, toasting fork, hayfork.

Hyponym for Fork:

• n.

  • artifact
    tool, cutlery, eating utensil.

• v.

  • change
    form, shape.
  • competition
    aggress, attack.
  • contact
    lift.

Meronym for Fork:

• n.

  • artifact
    prong, tine.