Definitions for forked
fɔrkt, ˈfɔr kɪdforked

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongyadjective

   resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

   "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"

2. double, forkedadjective

   having two meanings with intent to deceive

   "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forkedadjective

   That splits into two or more directions, or parts.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forkedadjective

   Opening into two or more parts.

   Etymology: from fork.

   When he was naked he was, for all the world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   Sometimes we see a cloud that’s dragonish,
   A forked mountain, or blue promontory. William Shakespeare.

   Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
   And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools
   Should, in their own confines, with forked heads,
   Have their round haunches goar’d. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   He would have spoke;
   But hiss for hiss return’d, with forked tongue
   To forked tongue. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

   Ye dragons, whose contagious breath
   Peoples the dark retreats of death,
   Change your fierce hissing into joyful song,
   And praise your maker with your forked tongue. Wentworth Dillon.

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1. forked

   Forked generally refers to something that splits or divides into two or more branches or parts, similar to the shape of a fork. It can be used in various contexts, including describing physical objects, roads, or abstract concepts such as diverging ideas or the development of two or more versions in software applications.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forked

   of Fork

2. Forkedadjective

   formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting

3. Forkedadjective

   having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forked

   1. [common after 1997, esp. in the Linux community] An open-source software project is said to have forked or be forked when the project group fissions into two or more parts pursuing separate lines of development (or, less commonly, when a third party unconnected to the project group begins its own line of development). Forking is considered a Bad Thing — not merely because it implies a lot of wasted effort in the future, but because forks tend to be accompanied by a great deal of strife and acrimony between the successor groups over issues of legitimacy, succession, and design direction. There is serious social pressure against forking. As a result, major forks (such as the Gnu-Emacs/XEmacs split, the fissionings of the 386BSD group into three daughter projects, and the short-lived GCC/EGCS split) are rare enough that they are remembered individually in hacker folklore. 2. [Unix; uncommon; prob.: influenced by a mainstream expletive] Terminally slow, or dead. Originated when one system was slowed to a snail's pace by an inadvertent fork bomb.

How to pronounce forked?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of forked in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of forked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of forked in a Sentence

1. Franz Thalhammer:

   A dirndl is something nice, it can make almost anyone pretty. But some of the dresses you see these days are crazy, you go in a tent and it's full of paralytic Australians and Italians and they've forked out €250 ($290) for a complete Bavarian outfit and think they're Bavarians. It's as if I'd walk around half-naked and say I'm Australian.

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