nnoun.shapethe place where something divides into branchesSynset:furcation
Derivationally Related Form:forkfurcate
Hypernyms:angular shape angularity
Inherited Hypernyms:furcationangular shapeshapeattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bifurcation
Part Meronyms:branch leg ramification
Full Hyponyms:bifurcation
nnoun.actthe act of branching out or dividing into branchesSynset:branching fork ramification
Derivationally Related Form:bifurcateramifyfork
Hypernyms:division
Inherited Hypernyms:branchingdivisionseparationchange of integritychangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bifurcationdivaricationfibrillationtrifurcation
Full Hyponyms:bifurcationdivaricationfibrillationtrifurcation
vverb.contactlift with a pitchforkSynset:fork pitchfork
Derivationally Related Form:forkpitchfork
Hypernyms:lift
Inherited Hypernyms:pitchforkliftmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.competitionplace under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy piecesTopic:chesschess game
Hypernyms:aggress attack
Inherited Hypernyms:forkattackact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changedivide into two or more branches so as to form a forkSynset:branch fork furcate ramify separate
Derivationally Related Form:forkramificationbranchforkingfurcation
Hypernyms:diverge
Inherited Hypernyms:branchdivergemove
Direct Hyponyms:arborisearborizebifurcatetrifurcatetwig
Full Troponyms:arborizebifurcatetrifurcatetwig
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changeshape like a forkDerivationally Related Form:fork
Hypernyms:form shape
Inherited Hypernyms:forkshapechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something