fork
verb (DIVIDE) /fɔːk/
/fɔːrk/ Definition
› [I] If a road or river forks, it divides into two parts: The pub is near where the road forks.Separating and dividingRoad junctions › [I + adv/prep] UK to turn in one of two different directions: Fork left/right where the road divides.Separating and dividingRoad junctions
(Definition of fork verb (DIVIDE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bifurcate verb
- bisect verb
- borderline noun
- break sth up phrasal verb
- break-up noun (DIVISION)
- breakdown noun (DIVISION)
- dismember verb
- dissociate verb
- dissociate yourself from sth phrasal verb
- disunite verb
- divide verb (DISAGREE)
- divide verb (SEPARATE)
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- fracture verb
- parcel sth out phrasal verb
- polarize verb
- pull sth/sb apart phrasal verb
- quarter verb (CUT INTO FOUR)
- resolve sth into sth phrasal verb
- riven adjective
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