[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., such as a utensil for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.something resembling or suggesting this in form.", "an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., such as a utensil for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.", "something resembling or suggesting this in form.", "a division into branches or the point where this division occurs:Bear left at the fork in the road.There’s a fork in the decision-making process for these two types of problem.", "either of the branches into which a thing divides:The right fork will also get you to our farm, but by a longer route.", "a principal tributary of a river.", "tuning fork(def) tuning fork(def).", "Machinery. yoke1(def9) yoke1(def9).", "Horology.(in a lever escapement) the divided end of the lever engaging with the ruby pin.", "the support of the front wheel axles of a bicycle or motorcycle, having two parallel prongs.", "the barbed head of an arrow."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to pierce, raise, pitch, dig, etc., with a fork:I forked 50 bales into the hay wagon today.If you fork your lawn, the soil will absorb water more readily.", "to make into the form of a fork.", "Chess.to maneuver so as to place (two opponent's pieces) under simultaneous attack by the same piece:She managed to fork my rook and queen, and I lost the rook.", "Computers.to copy the source code from (a piece of software) and develop a new version independently, resulting in two unique pieces of software:They forked the app and added another module."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to divide into branches:Turn left where the road forks.", "to turn as indicated at a fork in a road, path, etc.:Fork left and continue to the top of the hill."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["Informal.to hand over; deliver; pay:Fork over the money you owe me!"]}]