A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
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.
A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
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 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 cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig.
An easy or pleasant task.
An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
The meal eaten at such a gathering.
To take part in a picnic.