forked Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb lift with a pitchfork
    fork; pitchfork.
    • pitchfork hay
  2. verb place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
    fork.
  3. verb divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
    ramify; fork; furcate; branch; separate.
    • The road forks
  4. verb shape like a fork
    fork.
    • She forked her fingers
  5. adjective satellite resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
    bifurcate; pronged; forficate; prongy; biramous; branched; fork-like.
    • the biramous appendages of an arthropod
    • long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects
    • a forked river
    • a forked tail
    • forked lightning
    • horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots
  6. adjective satellite having two meanings with intent to deceive
    double.
    • a sly double meaning
    • spoke with forked tongue

WordNet


Forked adjective
Definitions
  1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting.
    A serpent seen, with forked tongue. Shak.
  2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal. -- Fork"ed*ly adv. -- Fork"ed*ness, n.

Webster 1913