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What (who) is fork - definition
UTENSIL TO SPEAR FOOD
Beef fork; King of utensils; Dinner fork; Fish fork; Carving fork; Salad fork; Pickle fork; Forks; Fork (cutlery)
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fork
<operating system> A Unix system call used by a process
(the "parent") to make a copy (the "child") of itself. The
child process is identical to the parent except it has a
different process identifier and a zero return value from
the fork call. It is assumed to have used no resources.
A fork followed by an exec can be used to start a different
process but this can be inefficient and some later Unix
variants provide vfork as an alternative mechanism for this.
See also fork bomb.
(1996-12-08)
fork
(forks, forking, forked)
1.
A fork is a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
...knives and forks.
N-COUNT
2.
If you fork food into your mouth or onto a plate, you put it there using a fork.
Ann forked some fish into her mouth...
He forked an egg onto a piece of bread and folded it into a sandwich.
VERB: V n into/onto n, V n into/onto n
3.
A garden fork is a tool used for breaking up soil which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
N-COUNT
4.
A fork in a road, path, or river is a point at which it divides into two parts and forms a 'Y' shape.
We arrived at a fork in the road...
The road divides; you should take the right fork.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
5.
If a road, path, or river forks, it forms a fork.
Beyond the village the road forked...
The path dipped down to a sort of cove, and then it forked in two directions.
VERB: no cont, V, V prep/adv
6.
see also tuning fork
Fork
·vi To shoot into blades, as corn.
II. Fork ·noun The Gibbet.
III. Fork ·vi To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.
IV. Fork ·vt To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.
V. Fork ·noun Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
VI. Fork ·noun The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road.
VII. Fork ·noun One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, ·etc.; a barbed point, as of an Arrow.
VIII. Fork ·noun An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved;
- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.
Wikipedia
Fork
In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork (from Latin: furca 'pitchfork') is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved tines with which one can spear foods either to hold them to cut with a knife or to lift them to the mouth.
Examples of use of fork
1. Babb, who attends American Fork High School, spent six months studying the Spanish Fork River drainage system to assess the effects of human and animal behavior.
2. AMERICAN FORK, Utah –– Merry Christmas to you, Mary Christmas.
3. American Fork Canyon is a popular camping destination.
4. Broyhill attended Fork Union Military Academy and George Washington University.
5. That is followed by a spirited discussion about whether the linen–clothed tables should be set with a full silver setting – salad fork, dinner fork, knife, teaspoon, and soup spoon – or simply the fork, knife, and teaspoon, with the other utensils brought as needed.