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Antonyms for forked

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fawrkt, fawr-kid
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrkt, ˈfɔr kɪd


Definition of forked

Origin :
  • Old English forca "forked instrument used by torturers," a Germanic borrowing (cf. Old Norse forkr) from Latin furca "pitchfork; fork used in cooking," of uncertain origin.
  • Table forks were not generally used in England until 15c. The word is first attested in this sense in English in a will of 1463, probably from Old North French forque (Old French furche, Modern French fourche), from the Latin word. Of rivers, from 1753; of roads, from 1839.
  • adj going separate ways
Example sentences :
  • The gills are close, decurrent, whitish, some of them forked at the base.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The gills are decurrent, distant, rather thick, often forked.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • A crack like a flash of forked lightning had shot across the face of the stone.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • For there was a forked road for Trudy as well as for Mary Faithful.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • It was good to think that women had forked roads these days.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • This is the story of how the swallow's tail came to be forked.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Nature Myths » by Florence Holbrook
  • Generally she chose the forked way, because it was the emptiest.
  • Extract from : « The Carpenter's Daughter » by Anna Bartlett Warner
  • Their tongues are forked, and the poison of adders lies beneath their lips.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Bravery » by Burt L. Standish
  • Why, I thought you'd a sharp tongue, but it's not forked yet, I see.
  • Extract from : « The Peace Egg and Other tales » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • During tea-time the saloon was usually illuminated by forked lightning.
  • Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome

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