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# fork

«fork» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a tool with a handle and two to four points (prongs) that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a fork, forks); verb (fork, forks, forked, forking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fork is a tool with a handle and two to four points (prongs) that you use to eat food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#m1)

2) A garden fork is a large tool with prongs for digging soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#m2)

3) A fork in a road or river is where it splits into two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#m3)

4) To fork is to divide into two parts going different ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#m4)

5) To fork out is to pay money, often unwillingly (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it is a farm tool with three teeth, one of the iron tools the Israelites had to take to the Philistines to be sharpened. In the primary lessons: At the table, use a knife and fork; in many countries you hold the fork in your left hand. In stories, a fork in the road is a moment of choice. In music, a tuning fork makes one exact note. In science, forked lightning splits into branches. Phrases: knife and fork, fork in the road, tuning fork, fork out, forked tongue (snakes).

### examples

- And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads. (Prophets 1SA.13.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#x1)
- Eat your peas with a fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#x2)
- Put the knife and fork beside the plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#x3)
- Turn left at the fork in the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#x4)
- Dad dug the garden with a fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#x5)
- A snake has a forked tongue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#x6)
- The path forks near the old oak tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#x7)
- We had to fork out for new school shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#x8)
- ‘Who’s been using my little fork?’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/#x9)

### note

Countable: one fork, two forks. Never put a fork or any metal in a toaster or a socket. In a microwave, metal forks can make sparks.

### In the corpora

- [You must never push anything into a wall socket, especially metal objects like keys or forks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/32-electricity-at-home/16/)
- [You must never poke a knife or fork into a toaster, even when it is switched off at the wall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/14/)
- [Sharp things like forks and pins cut the gums and can chip teeth, so they are never used to pick the teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/6/)
- [Put knives and forks in the dishwasher points down, or lay knives flat in the top.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/13/)
- [Knife and fork placed together on the plate show you have finished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fork» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fork/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.