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forked

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forked  (fôrkt, fôrkd)
adj.
1. Containing or characterized by a fork: a forked river.
2. Shaped like or similar to a fork: forked lightning; a forked tail.

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
Adj.1.forked - resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"
divided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"
2.forked - having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
ambiguous, equivocal - open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"

forked
adjective branching, split, branched, divided, angled, pronged, zigzag, tined, Y-shaped, bifurcate(d) Jaegers are black birds with long forked tails.
Translations
forked [fɔːkt] ADJ [tail] → hendido; [branch] → bifurcado; [lightning] → en zigzag; [tongue] → bífido
forked [ˈfɔːrkt] adj [tail] → fourchu(e)
forked lightning néclair m en zigzag
forked
adj tail, stick, branchgegabelt; tonguegespalten; 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


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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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