fork, n. /fɔːk/ 1. The place where a river divides into branches. 2. The place where a road divides into branches. 3. The place where a person divides into branches. 4. An implement for lifting food to the mouth, as though nourishment were always a matter of choosing one tine over another. 5. (obsolete) A wishbone. Snapped between two hands, the longer piece carrying the future. 6. The moment you realize the phone call you're about to make will rearrange the furniture of someone else's life. 7. see also: confluence — the belief, held mostly by the young, that divided waters eventually reunite.