A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
Either of the (figurative) paths thus taken.
The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
The crotch.
A tuning fork.
The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
Any of the pieces/versions (of software, content, or data sets) thus created.
Any 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.
A decision point.
The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
The 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.
Any of the software projects resulting from the launch of such separate software development efforts based upon a copy of the original project.
The splitting of the coverage of a topic (within a corpus of content) into two or more pieces.
Any of the pieces/versions of content thus created.
A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split.
An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
A forklift.
Either of the blades of a forklift (or, in plural, the set of blades), on which the goods to be raised are loaded.
To move with a fork (as hay or food).
To kick someone in the crotch.
To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
To divide into two or more branches or copies.
To bale a shaft dry.
To shoot into blades, as corn does.
A stream which flows into another stream or a lake.
An organism having an important effect on a plant or animal community.
Fluids flowing in.
Flowing in.
Exercising astral influence.
Having an important effect on a plant or animal community.