What part of speech is forked?

Forked can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. forked is a verb, past participle of fork (infinitive).
  • 2. forked is a verb, past simple of fork (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does forked mean?

Definitions

Adjective

forked - resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "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 develop prongy roots"
forked - having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"

Verb

fork - shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"
fork - place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
fork - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
fork - lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay"

Examples of forked

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A forked river.
2. adj. A forked tail.
3. adj. Forked lightning.
4. adj. Spoke with forked tongue.
5. verb The snake has a split or forked tongue.
6. verb He speaks with a forked tongue.
7. noun They took the south fork.
Sentence  
adj.
A forked river.
A forked tail.
Forked lightning.
Spoke with forked tongue.
verb
The snake has a split or forked tongue.
He speaks with a forked tongue.
noun
They took the south fork.

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