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Definition of Forking
1. Noun. The place where something divides into branches.
Generic synonyms: Angular Shape, Angularity
Specialized synonyms: Bifurcation
Terms within: Branch, Leg, Ramification
Derivative terms: Fork, Furcate
2. Noun. The act of branching out or dividing into branches.
Generic synonyms: Division
Specialized synonyms: Bifurcation, Trifurcation, Divarication, Fibrillation
Derivative terms: Bifurcate, Bifurcate, Fork, Fork, Ramify, Ramify
Definition of Forking
1. Verb. (present participle of fork) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forking
1. fork [v] - See also: fork
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forking
Literary usage of Forking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"IL FORKIN, forking, ». 1. Synon. with Cleaving, or the parting between the thighs,
... In pL forking». Where a river divides into more branches than one, ..."
2. A Treatise on Pruning Forest and Ornamental Trees by Amédée Des Cars (1906)
"Double or forking Branches. — In the case of a double branch, or of a branch
forking close to the trunk of the tree, one of these branches (Fig. ..."
3. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing Abridged Descriptions of the by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1872)
"Stem hairy or woolly, at length many-flowered ; peduncles elongated, the earliest
one simple ; lateral ones several times forking, and bearing a 2-leaved ..."
4. The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical by Luke Hebert (1848)
"'forking, particularly as respects the consumption of fuel. One objection to
air-engines is, that the changes of volume do not take place with sufficient ..."
5. British Farmer's Magazine (1847)
"Each acre was stumped out separately ; but the greater luxuriance of the crops
from the forking was so remarkable, that the stumps were rendered quite ..."
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