Fork

noun

  1. A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc.

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  2. A gallows.

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  3. A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.

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  4. A tuning fork.

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  5. An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.

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  6. A point where a waterway, such as a river, splits and goes two (or more) different directions.

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  7. Used in the names of some river tributaries, e.g. West Fork White River and East Fork White River, joining together to form the White River of Indiana.

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  8. A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.

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  9. The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).

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  10. A splitting-up of an existing process into itself and a child process executing parts of the same program.

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  11. An event where development of some free software or open-source software is split into two or more separate projects.

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  12. Crotch.

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  13. A forklift.

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  14. The individual blades of a forklift.

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  15. In a bicycle, the portion holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance.

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verb

  1. To move with a fork (as hay or food).

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  2. To spawn a new child process in some sense duplicating the existing process.

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  3. To split a (software) project into several projects.

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  4. To kick someone in the crotch.

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