Wiktionary:Word of the day/2006-05-29

From Wiktionary

fork noun

  1. A utensil with tines.
    I ate with my fork.
  2. A place where one thing becomes two.
    She came to a fork in the road.
  3. (chess) A situation where two or more enemy pieces are in danger from the same piece.
    He moved his queen and caught me in a fork.

verb

  1. To split, become two.
    The road forks there.
  2. To move something with a fork.
    He forked food into his mouth.

Read full entry