pitchfork

• Outil agricole à long manche muni de dents pointues et écartées, servant à soulever et à lancer le foin ou la paille.

A hand tool with a long handle and sharp, widely spaced prongs, used for lifting and pitching hay or straw.

1. Farming toolB1formal

   A long-handled hand tool with sharp, widely spaced prongs used for lifting and pitching hay or straw.

   fourche à foin

   • The farmer used a pitchfork to toss the hay into the loft.
   • He leaned the pitchfork against the barn wall.
   • She grabbed a pitchfork to help with the harvest.

   Synonymesfork

• Verbe signifiant soulever ou lancer quelque chose avec une fourche, ou écarter brusquement quelqu'un de son poste ou de son rôle.

A verb meaning to lift or throw something with a pitchfork, or to abruptly remove someone from a position or role.

1. Lift with a pitchforkB2formal

   To lift, toss, or move something using a pitchfork, typically hay or straw.

   Soulever avec une fourche

   • The farmer pitchforked the hay into the loft.
   • He pitchforked the straw onto the cart.
   • They pitchforked the bales of hay into the barn.

   Synonymesforkpitch