forked

UK /fɔː(ɹ)kt/ US /fɔː(ɹ)kt/

adj 2

Definitions

adj

That splits into two or more directions, or parts.

It's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.

A baidarka has a forked bow.

Having forks (parts into which anything is furcated or divided).

A three-forked trident.

ADJ.

large, left

VERB + FORKED

speaks, split

FORKED + NOUN

bishop, bow, road, tongue

PREP.

with

adjective — having two meanings with intent to deceive

adjective — resembling a fork

The split tongue of a snake.

To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful.

He's spoken with a forked tongue to reporters, and his explanations for launching a probe don't pass the plausibility and credibility tests.

It's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.

Wiktionary

A baidarka has a forked bow.

Wiktionary

A three-forked trident.

Wiktionary

The snake has a split or forked tongue.

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He speaks with a forked tongue.

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Tom gave Mary a large green stuffed python with bead eyes and a large forked tongue.

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