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forked [fɔːkt ˈfɔːkɪd] adj
1. a. having a fork or forklike parts b. (in combination) two-forked 2. having sharp angles; zigzag 3. insincere or equivocal (esp in the phrase forked tongue) forkedly [ˈfɔːkɪdlɪ] adv forkedness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
forked Translations forked adj tail, stick, branch → gegabelt; tongue → gespalten; to speak with (a) forked tongue (fig) → mit gespaltener Zunge sprechen (geh) forked [fɔːkt] adj (tail, tongue, branch) → biforcuto/a forked [fɔːkt] adj (tail, tongue, branch) → biforcuto/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And then about him coiled the great, slimy folds of a hideous monster of that prehistoric deep--a mighty serpent of the sea, with fanged jaws, and darting forked tongue, with bulging eyes, and bony protuberances upon head and snout that formed short, stout horns. But that darkness was licked up by the fierce flames, which at intervals forked forth from the sooty flues, and illuminated every lofty rope in the rigging, as with the famed Greek fire. I told him, too, where they were, and how one of them had fallen into a stream and lay there on its back drowned, with its forefoot caught in a forked root. |
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