Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fork
Fork
fork
n. & v. --n. 1 an instrument with two or more prongs used in eating or cooking. 2 a similar much larger instrument used for digging, lifting, etc. 3 any pronged device or component (tuning-fork). 4 a forked support for a bicycle wheel. 5 a a divergence of anything, e.g. a stick or road, or US a river, into two parts. b the place where this occurs. c either of the two parts (take the left fork). 6 a flash of forked lightning. 7 Chess a simultaneous attack on two pieces by one. --v. 1 intr. form a fork or branch by separating into two parts. 2 intr. take one or other road etc. at a fork (fork left for Banbury). 3 tr. dig or lift etc. with a fork. 4 tr. Chess attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one. Phrases and idioms fork-lift truck a vehicle with a horizontal fork in front for lifting and carrying loads. fork lunch (or supper etc.) a light meal eaten with a fork at a buffet etc. fork out (or up) sl. hand over or pay, usu. reluctantly. Etymology: OE forca, force f. L furca
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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