Fork

FORK

-noun

1. a small usually metal implement consisting of two, three, or four long thin prongs on the end of a handle, used for lifting food to the mouth or turning it in cooking, etc.

2. an agricultural tool consisting of a handle and three or four metal prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc.

3. a pronged part of any machine, device, etc.

4. of a road, river, etc.

a. a division into two or more branches

b. the point where the division begins

c. such a branch

5. (chiefly US) the main tributary of a river

6. chess . a position in which two pieces are forked

-verb

7. (trans.) to pick up, dig, etc., with a fork

8. (trans.) chess . to place (two enemy pieces) under attack with one of one's own pieces, especially a knight

9. (trans.) to make into the shape of a fork

10. (intr.) to be divided into two or more branches

11. to take one or other branch at a fork in a road, river, etc.

We spoon and we fork

Because life is short

And food is getting cold