pitchfork
(noun) a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
pitchfork, fork
(verb) lift with a pitchfork; “pitchfork hay”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pitchfork (plural pitchforks)
An agricultural tool comprising a fork attached to a long handle used for pitching hay or bales of hay high up onto a haystack.
(rare) A tuning fork.
• digging fork
pitchfork (third-person singular simple present pitchforks, present participle pitchforking, simple past and past participle pitchforked)
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
Source: Wiktionary
Pitch"fork`, n.
Definition: A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
Pitch"fork`, v. t.
Definition: To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork. He has been pitchforked into the footguards. G. A. Sala.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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