| verb | lift with a pitchfork “pitchfork hay” |
| verb | place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces |
| verb | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork “The road forks” |
| verb | shape like a fork “She forked her fingers” |
| adjective | resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches “the biramous appendages of an arthropod” |
| adjective | having two meanings with intent to deceive “a sly double meaning” |
| pitchfork | noun | a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay |
| fork | noun | an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs |
| branch | noun | a part of a forked or branching shape |
| ramification | noun | a part of a forked or branching shape |
| forking | noun | the place where something divides into branches |
| furcation | noun | the place where something divides into branches |
| prong | noun | a pointed projection |