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# pronged

«pronged» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having prongs, that is, sharp points at the end** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no comparative)

### meaning for a pupil

Having prongs, that is, sharp points at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronged/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a long pronged fork used to catch fish or eels

### examples

- The farmer lifted the hay with a pronged fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronged/#x1)
- A three-pronged fork has three points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronged/#x2)
- The fisherman speared the eel on a pronged spear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronged/#x3)

### note

the number before «pronged» tells how many points there are: a four-pronged fork has 4

### Trees and pragmatics

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