forked

English

Alternative forms

• forkt (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kt

Adjective

forked

1. That splits into two or more directions, or parts.

   It's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.

   A baidarka has a forked bow.

2. (possessional) Having forks (parts into which anything is furcated or divided).

   A three-forked trident.

Synonyms

• forken

Related terms

• fork

Translations

that splits

• Bulgarian: разклонен (bg) (razklonen), чаталест (bg) (čatalest)
• Finnish: haarautuva (fi), halkipäinen (heraldry)
• Galician: forcado (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: δίκροος (díkroos), σχιστός (skhistós)

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• Irish: glacach
• Italian: biforcuto (it)
• Latin: bifidus
• Maori: tokorera, tokomanga
• Polish: rozwidlony m

Verb

forked

1. simple past and past participle of fork