Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fork

4 senses of fork

Sense 1
pitchfork, fork -- (lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay")
       => lift -- (take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table")

Sense 2
fork -- (place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces)
       => attack, aggress -- (take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack")

Sense 3
branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate -- (divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks")
       => diverge -- (move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here")

Sense 4
fork -- (shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers")
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")

Antonyms of adj forked

2 senses of forked

Sense 1
bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy -- (resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "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")

INDIRECT (VIA divided) -> united -- (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front")

Sense 2
double, forked -- (having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue")

INDIRECT (VIA equivocal) -> unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous -- (admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement")

Similarity of adj forked

2 senses of forked

Sense 1
bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy -- (resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "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")
       => divided (vs. united) -- (separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided")

Sense 2
double, forked -- (having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue")
       => equivocal (vs. unequivocal), ambiguous -- (open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question")