FORK Synonyms

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• a geometric element that has position but no extension

• the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

• a brief version of the essential meaning of something

• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

• an instant of time

• the object of an activity

• a V shape

• a very small circular shape

• the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest

• a promontory extending out into a large body of water

• a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

• a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect

• an outstanding characteristic

• sharp end

• any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

• a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch

• one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan

• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

• the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

• the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

• a distinguishing or individuating characteristic

• the gun muzzle's direction

• a wall socket

• a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• be oriented

• direct into a position for use

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• be a signal for or a symptom of

• sail close to the wind

• mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics

• mark with diacritics

• mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes

• be positionable in a specified manner

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle

• give a point to

• repair the joints of bricks

• a pointed projection

• a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

• an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

• pierce with a spear

• thrust up like a spear

• a transient variation in voltage or current

• sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes

• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

• (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

• a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline

• a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

• each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)

• a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)

• a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

• any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object

• a large stout nail

• stand in the way of

• pierce with a sharp stake or point

• secure with spikes

• bring forth a spike or spikes

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• manifest a sharp increase

• prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

• an implement used in the practice of a vocation

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

• obscene terms for penis

• drive

• ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

• furnish with tools

• work with a tool

• a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

• lift with a pitchfork

• kill in large numbers

• the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

• the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

• external sex organ

• have sexual intercourse with

• reduced to nothingness

• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• remove completely from recognition or memory

• do away with completely, without leaving a trace

• a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse

• handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle

• an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

• strike, usually with the fist

• a large quantity of written matter

• a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires

• squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer

• remove by making a hole or by boring

• enlarge with a reamer

• an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

• a ruined building

• the process of becoming dilapidated

• an event that results in destruction

• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

• destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• destroy or cause to fail

• reduce to bankruptcy

• reduce to ruins

• deprive of virginity

• fall into ruin

• the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

• a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

• a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

• a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

• excellent

• increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

• become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

• expand abnormally

• come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

• come up, as of a liquid

• cause to become swollen

• have sexual intercourse with

• have sexual intercourse with

• the act of branching out or dividing into branches

• having branches

• resembling the branches of a tree