FORK

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English forca & Anglo-French furke, from Latin furca Date: before 12th century an implement with two or more prongs used especially for taking up (as in eating), pitching, or digging, a ~ed part, tool, or piece of equipment, 3. a division into branches or the place where something divides into branches, confluence , one of the branches into which something ~s, an attack by one chess piece (as a knight) on two pieces simultaneously, ~ful noun II. verb Date: 15th century intransitive verb to divide into two or more branches , 2. to use or work with a ~, to turn into a ~, transitive verb to give the form of a ~ to , to attack (two chessmen) simultaneously, to raise, pitch, dig, or work with a ~ , pay , contribute , ~er noun