Found 3 items, similar to forked.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: forked
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: forked
forked
adj 1: 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” [syn:
bifurcate,
biramous,
branched,
forficate,
pronged,
prongy]
2: having two meanings with intent to deceive;
“a sly double
meaning”;
“spoke with forked tongue” [syn:
double]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Forked
Fork
\Fork\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Forked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Forking.]
1. To shoot into blades, as corn.
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The corn beginneth to fork. --Mortimer.
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2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree,
or a stream forks.
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Forked
\Forked\, a.
1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into
two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated;
zigzag; as, the forked lighting.
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A serpent seen, with forked tongue. --Shak.
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2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
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Cross forked (Her.), a cross, the ends of whose arms are
divided into two sharp points; -- called also
cross double fitch['e]
. A
cross forked of three points is a
cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp
points.
Forked counsel, advice pointing more than one way;
ambiguous advice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. --
Fork"ed*ly,
adv. --
Fork"ed*ness, n.
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