Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
fork or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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To get rid of a dandelion, use a specialized, forklike tool to pull out the plant and taproot.
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Michael was holding up an iron forklike thing with six heavy, curved tines.
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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To get rid of a dandelion, use a specialized, forklike tool to pull out the plant and taproot.
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Michael was holding up an iron forklike thing with six heavy, curved tines.
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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It is an amphibious animal life-form that hunts using a form of natural radar, and its forklike foreclaws are capable of tearing easily through such heavy garments as cold-weather jackets and standard-issue EVA suits.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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It is an amphibious animal life-form that hunts using a form of natural radar, and its forklike foreclaws are capable of tearing easily through such heavy garments as cold-weather jackets and standard-issue EVA suits.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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It is an amphibious animal life-form that hunts using a form of natural radar, and its forklike foreclaws are capable of tearing easily through such heavy garments as cold-weather jackets and standard-issue EVA suits.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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It is an amphibious animal life-form that hunts using a form of natural radar, and its forklike foreclaws are capable of tearing easily through such heavy garments as cold-weather jackets and standard-issue EVA suits.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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Long, slanting shadows from the sinking sun were streaking the wall of the whitewashed room with slender, forklike fingers.
The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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Misery of the most exquisite kind was tearing her heart in pieces, stabbing her throat with long, forklike pains.
Rose O'Paradise Grace Miller White 1912
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