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[ adjective ] resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

Examples

"the biramous appendages of an arthropod" "long branched hairs on its legs on which pollen collects" "a forked river" "a forked tail" "forked lightning" "horseradish may develop prongy root"

Used in print

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

And the forked tongue of gossip licked its sinister way from back_porch to back_porch .

Related terms

divided

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[ adjective ] resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

Examples

"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 de

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divided

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[ adjective ] having two meanings with intent to deceive

Synonyms

double

Examples

"a sly double meaning" "spoke with forked tongue"

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equivocal

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