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Forking   /fˈɔrkɪŋ/   Listen
Forking

noun
1.
The place where something divides into branches.  Synonym: furcation.
2.
The act of branching out or dividing into branches.  Synonyms: branching, fork, ramification.



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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"Forking" Quotes from Famous Books



... Leonard's thorough work the root pasturage was extended downward eighteen inches. On the side of the plot nearest to the house Webb was breaking the lumps and levelling the ground with a heavy iron-toothed rake, and also forking deeply the ends of the furrows that had been trampled by the turning horses. Leaving Mrs. Clifford chatting and laughing with her husband and Johnnie, Amy stood in the walk opposite to him, ...
— Nature's Serial Story • E. P. Roe



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