Past tense of fork
regular verb
The past tense of fork is forked. The past participle is also forked.
Forms of fork
| Base form (V1) | fork /fɔːk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | forked /fɔː(ɹ)kt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | forked /fɔː(ɹ)kt/ |
| Present participle | forking |
| Third person singular | forks |
Forked in a sentence
- For various reasons, McCool's server project subsequently forked, leading to the development of the Apache Web Server.2007, Fadi P. Deek, James A. M. McHugh, Open Source: Technology and Policy, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21
- Google forked WebKit to create the Blink project in April 2013 because they wanted to make larger-scale changes to WebKit to fit their own needs that did not align well with the WebKit project itself.2015, Christian Bird et al., editors, The Art and Science of Analyzing Software Data, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 77
- The hard drive broke down, so I forked out five hundred dollars for a new one.From the entry fork out
- It's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.From the entry forked
- I forked over half the allotment this morning.From the entry fork over
Meaning of fork
- noun A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
- noun Any of several types of pronged tools for use on farms, in fields, or in the garden or lawn, such as a smaller hand fork for weeding or a larger one for turning over the soil.
- noun Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
Questions about the past tense of fork
- What is the past tense of fork?
- The past tense of fork is forked.
- What is the past participle of fork?
- The past participle of fork is forked.
- Is fork a regular or irregular verb?
- Fork is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fork (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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