forked : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: forked	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forked adj 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" Synonym(s): bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" Synonym(s): double, forked
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forked \Forked\, a. 1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting. A serpent seen, with forked tongue. --Shak. 2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal. {Cross forked} (Her.), a cross, the ends of whose arms are divided into two sharp points; -- called also {cross double fitch[82]}. A {cross forked of three points} is a cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp points. {Forked counsel}, advice pointing more than one way; ambiguous advice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- {Fork"edly}, adv. -- {Fork"edness}, n.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
forked adj. [Unix; prob. influenced by a mainstream expletive] Terminally slow, or dead. Originated when one system was slowed to a snail's pace by an inadvertent {fork bomb}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
forked (Unix; probably after "fucked") Terminally slow, or dead. Originated when one system was slowed to a snail's pace by an inadvertent {fork bomb}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-14)