Synonyms of forked

Verb


1. pitchfork, fork, lift

usage: lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay"

2. fork, attack, aggress

usage: place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces

3. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate, diverge

usage: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

4. fork, shape, form

usage: shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"

Adjective


1. bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy, divided (vs. united)

usage: 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"

2. double, forked, equivocal (vs. unequivocal), ambiguous

usage: having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"

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Definition and meaning of forked (Dictionary)