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PITCHFORK
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pitchfork" is a kind of...):
hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)
Meronyms (parts of "pitchfork"):
tine (prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler)
Derivation:
pitchfork (lift with a pitchfork)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they pitchfork ... he / she / it pitchforks
Past simple: pitchforked
-ing form: pitchforking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
pitchfork hay
Synonyms:
fork; pitchfork
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pitchfork" is one way to...):
lift (take hold of something and move it to a different location)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
pitchfork (a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay)