ALL meanings of fork out
fork out
F f - noun fork out an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools. 1
- noun fork out something resembling or suggesting this in form. 1
- noun fork out tuning fork. 1
- noun fork out Machinery. yoke1 (def 9). 1
- noun fork out a division into branches. 1
- noun fork out the point or part at which a thing, as a river or a road, divides into branches: Bear left at the fork in the road. 1
- noun fork out either of the branches into which a thing divides. 1
- noun fork out Horology. (in a lever escapement) the forked end of the lever engaging with the ruby pin. 1
- noun fork out a principal tributary of a river. 1
- noun fork out the support of the front wheel axles of a bicycle or motorcycle, having the shape of a two-pronged fork. 1
- noun fork out the barbed head of an arrow. 1
- verb with object fork out to pierce, raise, pitch, dig, etc., with a fork. 1
- verb with object fork out to make into the form of a fork. 1
- verb with object fork out Chess. to maneuver so as to place (two opponent's pieces) under simultaneous attack by the same piece. 1
- verb with object fork out Digital Technology. to copy (the source code) from a piece of software and develop a new version independently, with the result of producing two unique pieces of software. 1
- verb without object fork out to divide into branches: Turn left where the road forks. 1
- verb without object fork out to turn as indicated at a fork in a road, path, etc.: Fork left and continue to the top of the hill. 1
- transitivephrasal verb fork out produce, hand over: money owed 1
- phrasal verb fork out If you fork out for something, you spend a lot of money on it. 0
- verb fork out to pay (money, goods, etc), esp with reluctance 0
- verb fork out (Transitive Verb) To pay out, to hand over. 0