source: By Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0

1. an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.

(食卓用の)フォーク

a pronged tool used for digging or lifting in a garden or farm.

(農業用の)またぐわ, くま手

2. the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts:

(道･川などの)分岐(点); 分かれ道; 支流; (木･枝の)また

e.g. turn right at the next fork.

either of the two parts where a road or river divides:

e.g. the left fork goes onto the village.

3. a unit consisting of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves.

〖the ～s〗 (自転車などの)フォーク〘前輪をはさむ2本のバー〙

4. a flash of forked lightning.

叉状電光(forked lightning), 稲妻 〘楽〙

5. Chess a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one piece.

〘チェス〙 両当たり

1. no object (especially of a road or other route) divide into two parts:

〈道･川などが〉分岐する［している］

e.g. the place where the road forks.

no object, with adverbial of direction take or constitute one part or the other at the point where a road or other route divides:

e.g. a minor road forked left.

2. with object dig, lift, or manipulate (something) with a fork:

«…に» 〈食べ物など〉をフォークで入れる［置く］; …をフォークで運ぶ «into, onto»

e.g. fork in some compost.

3. with object Chess attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one piece:

e.g. he has forked my bishop and knight.

fork something over/fork something out/fork something up (or fork over/fork out/fork up)

informal pay money for something, especially reluctantly.

forkful |ˈfôrkˌfo͝ol| noun (plural forkfuls)

Old English forca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca).