An implement, chiefly agricultural, consisting of a long straight handle, furnished at the end with two or more prongs or tines, and used for…

Any of various instruments or implements with two, three, or more piercing points or tines; a forked instrument, a fork; (in later use) esp. a…

Something which lifts or is used for lifting. Something which elevates or raises, in either a material or an immaterial sense; applied also to any…