forking

• Nom désignant l'action de se diviser en branches ou en parties distinctes, ou le lieu où cette division a lieu.

A noun referring to the act or place of dividing into branches or separate parts.

1. Division into branchesB2formal

   The point or act where something splits into two or more separate parts or branches.

   Bifurcation

   • The forking of the river created a small island.
   • We reached a forking in the path and had to choose a direction.
   • The forking of the tree trunk was a natural phenomenon.

   Synonymesbifurcationbranchingdivergencedivisionfurcationramificationsplit

   Antonymesconvergencejunctionmergerunion

2. Branching outB2formal

   The process of dividing or diverging into separate branches or directions.

   bifurcation

   • The forking of the company's operations led to new markets.
   • The forking of the road confused the travelers.
   • The forking of the data stream allowed for parallel processing.

   Synonymesbifurcationbranchingdivergencedivisionramificationsplitting

   Antonymesconvergencejoiningmergingunification

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de se diviser en branches ou de diverger, ou en informatique, la création d'une copie d'un dépôt ou d'un projet.

A verb used to indicate the act of dividing into branches or diverging, or in computing, creating a copy of a repository or project.

1. Divide into branchesB1formal

   To split or diverge into two or more separate parts or branches.

   se diviser en branches

   • The road forks about a mile ahead.
   • The river forks into two smaller streams.
   • The conversation forked into several different topics.

   Synonymesbifurcatebranchdivergedividepartramifyseparatesplit

   Antonymesconvergejoinmergeunite

2. Use a forkA2informal

   To lift or move something using a fork (as a tool or utensil).

   soulever/manipuler avec une fourchette

   • He forked the hay into the barn.
   • She forked the pasta onto her plate.
   • The farmer forked the soil to aerate it.

3. Pay or hand over (slang)B2slang

   To pay or give money, often reluctantly.

   Cracher (l’argent)

   • I had to fork over fifty dollars for the ticket.
   • He forked out a lot of cash for that car.
   • They forked up the money for the repairs.

   Synonymesante upcough uphand overpay uppony upshell out

Variantes phrasalfork outfork overfork up