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forking

adj · adv · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

forked, crooked or winding

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

euphemistic fucking (intensifier)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

division into forks

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the forkings of a road, or of a deer's antlers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of fork

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of branching out or dividing into branches

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: branching, ramification, fork

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: division

Narrower terms: bifurcation, trifurcation, divarication, fibrillation

6

noun

Meaning 6

the place where something divides into branches

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: furcation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: angular shape, angularity

Narrower terms: bifurcation

History

Etymology

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