fork
part of speech
noun (a fork, forks); verb (fork, forks, forked, forking)
meaning for a pupil
1) A fork is a tool with a handle and two to four points (prongs) that you use to eat food. tree →
2) A garden fork is a large tool with prongs for digging soil. tree →
3) A fork in a road or river is where it splits into two. tree →
4) To fork is to divide into two parts going different ways. tree →
5) To fork out is to pay money, often unwillingly (informal). tree →
sense in the lessons
At the table, use a knife and fork; in many countries you hold the fork in your left hand. In stories, a fork in the road is a moment of choice. In music, a tuning fork makes one exact note. In science, forked lightning splits into branches. Phrases: knife and fork, fork in the road, tuning fork, fork out, forked tongue (snakes).
examples
- Eat your peas with a fork. tree →
- Put the knife and fork beside the plate. tree →
- Turn left at the fork in the road. tree →
- Dad dug the garden with a fork. tree →
- A snake has a forked tongue. tree →
- The path forks near the old oak tree. tree →
- We had to fork out for new school shoes. tree →
- ‘Who’s been using my little fork?’ tree →
note
Countable: one fork, two forks. Never put a fork or any metal in a toaster or a socket. In a microwave, metal forks can make sparks.
In the corpora
- You must never push anything into a wall socket, especially metal objects like keys or forks.
- You must never poke a knife or fork into a toaster, even when it is switched off at the wall.
- Sharp things like forks and pins cut the gums and can chip teeth, so they are never used to pick the teeth.
- Put knives and forks in the dishwasher points down, or lay knives flat in the top.
- Knife and fork placed together on the plate show you have finished.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fork» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.