Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fork \Fork\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Forked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Forking}.]
1. To shoot into blades, as corn.
The corn beginneth to fork. --Mortimer.
2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree,
or a stream forks.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
forking
n 1: a division into two or more branches [syn: {furcation}, {bifurcation}]
2: the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn: {branching},
{ramification}, {fork}]
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