forking

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

forking
    n 1: the place where something divides into branches [syn:
         {furcation}, {forking}]
    2: the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn:
       {branching}, {ramification}, {fork}, {forking}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fork \Fork\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Forked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Forking}.]
   1. To shoot into blades, as corn.
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            The corn beginneth to fork.           --Mortimer.
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   2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree,
      or a stream forks.
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