fork

/fɔːk/ · noun

Meaning

A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc.
A pronged tool for use in the garden; a smaller hand fork for weeding etc., or larger for turning over the soil.
A gallows.
A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
A tuning fork.
An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
To divide into two or more branches.
To move with a fork (as hay or food).
To spawn a new child process in some sense duplicating the existing process.
To split a (software) project into several projects.
To split a (software) distributed version control repository
To kick someone in the crotch.
To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To insert one’s penis, a dildo or other phallic object, into a specified orifice or cleft.
To put in an extremely difficult or impossible situation.
To defraud, deface or otherwise treat badly.
Used to express great displeasure with someone or something.
The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
To bale a shaft dry.

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