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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
fork
fork [fork forks forked forking] noun, verb BrE [fɔːk] NAmE [fɔːrk]
noun 
1. a tool with a handle and three or four sharp points (called ↑prongs), used for picking up and eating food
•to eat with a knife and fork
2. a garden tool with a long or short handle and three or four sharp metal points, used for digging
see also ↑pitchfork
3. a place where a road, river, etc. divides into two parts; either of these two parts
• Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track.
• Take the right fork.
4. a thing shaped like a fork, with two or more long parts
•a jagged fork of lightning
see also ↑tuning fork
5. either of two metal supporting pieces into which a wheel on a bicycle or motorcycle is fitted
Word Origin:
Old English forca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca).
Example Bank:
•Bear left at the fork in the road.
•He put the knives and forks on the table.
•Mash the mixture with a fork.
•She impaled a piece of meat on her fork.
•a fork in the road
•a monkey sitting in the fork of the tree
Derived: ↑fork out ▪ ↑fork out something
verb
1. intransitive (not used in the progressive tenses)(+ adv./prep.) (of a road, river, etc.)to divide into two parts that lead in different directions
•The path forks at the bottom of the hill.
•The road forks right after the bridge.
2. intransitive + adv./prep. (not used in the progressive tenses) (of a person)to turn left or right where a road, etc. divides into two
•Fork right after the bridge.
3. transitive (+ adv./prep.) to move, carry or dig sth using a fork
•Clear the soil of weeds and fork in plenty of compost.
•He forked a piece of meat into his mouth.
•Fork over the ground before planting.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English forca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca).
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