fork and knife with plate

fork Noun

— An instrument for eating, with 3 or 4 sharp points called tines, all in the same direction. I ate with my fork. — A place where one thing becomes two. She came to a fork in the road. — (chess) A situation where two or more enemy pieces are in danger from the same piece. He moved his queen and caught me in a fork.

fork Verb

— To split, become two. The road forks there. — To move something with a fork. He forked food into his mouth.

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

knife Noun

— A knife is a tool that cuts. He ate with his knife and fork. — A knife is a tool with a thin edge. He worked with a putty knife.

knife Verb

— If you knife someone, you stab someone with a knife; you make a hole in them. The gang knifed him sixteen times.

with Preposition

— With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened I went to school with my brother. — With is used to describe something added to something else The cat has a collar with a bell on it. — With is used to show what thing is used to do something He hit the nail with a hammer. — Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses. With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.

plate Noun

— A plate is a hard flat thing, especially round ones that we put food on. He ate everything on his plate. The name plate on the door said, "Tanaka".