fork

forchetta

Piccolo utensile con più punte per prendere il cibo o tenerlo fermo mentre lo si taglia.

In inglese semplice: A small tool with several points, used to pick up food or hold it while cutting.

• I need a fork.
• She ate her salad with a fork.
• Put the forks beside the plates.

Espressioni comuni: knife and fork, dinner fork, with a fork, serving fork

bivio, biforcazione

Punto in cui una strada, un sentiero o un altro elemento lungo si divide in due rami.

In inglese semplice: A place where a road, path, or other long thing divides into two branches.

• Turn left at the fork.
• We reached a fork in the road after lunch.
• A bird had built its nest in a fork of the tree.

Come si usa: a fork in something (We stopped at a fork in the trail.)

Sinonimi: branch point, junction

Espressioni comuni: fork in something, road fork, at the fork

forcella

Parte della bicicletta o della moto che sostiene la ruota anteriore e la fa girare con il manubrio.

In inglese semplice: The part of a bicycle or motorcycle that holds the front wheel and turns it when you steer.

• The bike has a bent fork.
• This suspension fork makes rough paths more comfortable.
• The mechanic replaced the motorcycle's front fork.

Sinonimi: front fork

Espressioni comuni: front fork, suspension fork, bicycle fork

forchetta

Mossa degli scacchi in cui un pezzo attacca contemporaneamente due o più pezzi avversari.

In inglese semplice: A chess move in which one piece attacks two or more of the other player's pieces at once.

• His knight created a fork.
• A fork threatened both my king and my queen.
• She spotted the fork before moving her rook.

Sinonimi: double attack

Espressioni comuni: knight fork, create a fork, a deadly fork

biforcarsi, diramarsi

Dividersi in due o più rami o percorsi separati.

In inglese semplice: To divide into two or more branches or separate paths.

• The road forks ahead.
• We forked left after passing the bridge.
• The river forks into two channels near the village.

Come si usa: fork into something (The path forks into two narrow trails.)

Sinonimi: divide, split, branch

Contrari: merge, join

Espressioni comuni: fork left, fork right, fork into something

spostare con la forchetta, inforcare

Sollevare o spostare cibo, fieno o altro con una forchetta, una forca o un attrezzo a punte.

In inglese semplice: To lift or move food, hay, or something else using a tool with points.

• He forked hay into the wagon.
• She forked another piece of cake into her mouth.
• We forked the straw into a pile.

Come si usa: fork something into/onto something (She forked the pasta onto a plate.)

Espressioni comuni: fork something onto, fork something into, fork hay