forked

English

Alternative forms

• forkt (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔː(ɹ)kt/

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• 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

Derived terms

• biforked
• forkedly
• forkedness
• multiforked
• twiforked
• unforked

Related terms

• fork
• forked lightning
• forked riceflower
• forked sundew
• forked tongue
• graft the forked tree
• speak with a forked tongue
• three-forked

Translations

that splits

Bulgarian: разклонен (bg) (razklonen), чаталест (bg) (čatalest) Finnish: haarautuva (fi), halkipäinen (heraldry) Galician: forcado (gl) Greek: Ancient: δίκροος (díkroos), σχιστός (skhistós) Irish: glacach Italian: biforcuto (it) Latin: bifidus Maori: tokorera, tokomanga Polish: rozwidlony m Punjabi: ਦੁਸਾਂਘੜ (dusāṅghaṛ) Welsh: fforchog (cy)

Verb

forked

1. simple past and past participle of fork