[
UK
/fˈɔːkt/
]
[ US /ˈfɔɹkt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɔɹkt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having two meanings with intent to deceive
spoke with forked tongue
a sly double meaning -
resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots
the biramous appendages of an arthropod
a forked tail
a forked river
forked lightning
long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects
How To Use forked In A Sentence
- I crossed a railroad overpass and reached a bunch of shacks where two highways forked off, both for Denver.
- Several persons unfit to hold public office were pitchforked into high office.
- She forked her fingers
- Although terns are closely related to seagulls, sharing a general black-and-grey pattern of plumage with their cousins, they have slim silvery bodies and deeply forked tails.
- In a typical gesture of sibling acceptance, Hoss leaned over and forked Adam's untouched ham onto his own plate.
- Some of the more spectacular and scary displays of lightning feature forked lightning bolts.
- It is no relation at all to native hazel, but like hazel the settlers found its forked branches ideal for water divining.
- He dropped each one into the bucket, and his mother pushed them under with a forked stick.
- Most are made out of whatever materials are at hand - forked poles or irregular logs.
- The research showed that the forked nanotubes amplify current, a necessary property for transistors.
