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Forded vs Forked - What's the difference?

forded | forked |

As verbs the difference between forded and forked

is that forded is (ford) while forked is (fork).

As an adjective forked is

that splits into two or more directions, or parts.

forded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ford)

    • Anagrams

    *

    ford

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
  • A stream; a current.
  • * Spenser
    • With water of the ford / Or of the clouds.
  • * Dryden
    • Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cross a stream using a ford.

    • forked

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • That splits into two or more directions, or parts.
    • It's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.
    A baidarka has a forked bow.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * fork

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fork)