1. (

• pitchfork ,
• fork

) lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay" ;

2. (

• fork

) place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces ;

3. (

• branch ,
• ramify ,
• fork ,
• furcate ,
• separate ,

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

4. (

• fork ,

) shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers" ;

1. (

• bifurcate ,
• biramous ,
• branched ,
• forked ,
• fork-like ,
• forficate ,
• pronged ,
• prongy

) 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

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