All Definitions for Fork
Below are all the dictionary definitions of fork:
1Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:
2A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
3Any of several types of pronged tools for use on farms, in fields, or in the garden or lawn, such as a smaller hand fork for weeding or a larger one for turning over the soil.
4Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
5A tuning fork.
6A fork in the road, as follows:
7An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
8A decision point.
9A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
10One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided
11A prong
12A branch of a stream, a road, etc.
13A barbed point, as of an arrow.
14A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
15Either of the (figurative) paths thus taken.
16(software development, content management, data management) A departure from having a single source of truth (SSOT), sometimes intentionally but usually unintentionally.
17Any of the pieces/versions (of software, content, or data sets) thus created.
18The launch of one or more separate software development efforts based upon a modified copy of an existing project, especially in free and open-source software.
19Any of the software projects resulting from the launch of such separate software development efforts based upon a copy of the original project.
20The splitting of the coverage of a topic (within a corpus of content) into two or more pieces.
21Any of the pieces/versions of content thus created.
22A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split.
23The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
24The crotch.
25A forklift.
26Either of the blades of a forklift (or, in plural, the set of blades), on which the goods to be raised are loaded.
27In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
28The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
29A set of data associated with an individual file in some file systems.
30To divide into two or more branches or copies.
31To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
32To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
33To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
34To move with a fork (as hay or food).
35To kick someone in the crotch.
36To shoot into blades, as corn does.
37To simultaneously attack two opposing pieces with a single attacking piece.
38The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
39To bale a shaft dry.
40A gallows.
About antonyms for fork
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