"forking" in the noun sense
1. furcation, forking
the place where something divides into branches
2. branching, ramification, fork, forking
the act of branching out or dividing into branches
"forking" in the verb sense
1. pitchfork, fork
lift with a pitchfork
"pitchfork hay"
2. fork
place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
3. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
"The road forks"
4. fork
shape like a fork
"She forked her fingers"
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