(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
...knives and ~s.
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2.
If you ~ food into your mouth or onto a plate, you put it there using a ~.
Ann ~ed some fish into her mouth...
He ~ed an egg onto a piece of bread and folded it into a sandwich.
VERB: V n into/onto n, V n into/onto n
3.
A garden ~ is a tool used for breaking up soil which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
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4.
A ~ in a road, path, or river is a point at which it divides into two parts and forms a ‘Y’ shape.
We arrived at a ~ in the road...
The road divides; you should take the right ~.
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5.
If a road, path, or river ~s, it forms a ~.
Beyond the village the road ~ed...
The path dipped down to a sort of cove, and then it ~ed in two directions.
VERB: no cont, V, V prep/adv
6.
see also tuning ~