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Fork

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.

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Verb group 4

Branch 84% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Branch 84% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Ramify 84% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

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Ramify 84% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

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Broader term 13

Aggress 76% connected

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Angle 76% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Branch 76% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Cutlery 76% connected

The business of a cutler.

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Diverge 76% connected

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Leg 76% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Ramification 76% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Tool 76% connected

An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

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Manner of action 3

Bifurcate 76% connected

Alt. of Bifurcated

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Trifurcate 76% connected

Alt. of Trifurcated

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Twig 76% connected

To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

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Narrower term 4

Bifurcation 76% connected

A forking, or division into two branches.

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Divarication 76% connected

A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

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Fibrillation 76% connected

The state of being reduced to fibers.

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Hayfork 76% connected

A fork for pitching and tedding hay.

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Derivationally related 8

Crotch 74% connected

The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crotch 74% connected

The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pitchfork 74% connected

A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

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Pitchfork 74% connected

A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

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Ramify 74% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ramify 74% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Component part 2

Prong 70% connected

A sharp-pointed instrument.

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Tine 70% connected

Trouble; distress; teen.

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Synonym 9

Branch 92% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Branching 92% connected

of Branch

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crotch 92% connected

The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forking 92% connected

of Fork

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Furcate 92% connected

Alt. of Furcated

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pitchfork 92% connected

A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramification 92% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramify 92% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Separate 92% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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