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PRONGED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pronged mean?
• PRONGED (adjective)
The adjective PRONGED has 2 senses:
1. having prongs or tines; usually used in combination
2. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
Familiarity information: PRONGED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having prongs or tines; usually used in combination
Synonyms:
pronged; tined
Context example:
a three-tined fork
Similar:
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
Synonyms:
bifurcate; biramous; branched; forficate; fork-like; forked; pronged; prongy
Context example:
horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots
Similar:
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
Context examples
The team used a multi-pronged approach to identify ZATT as a new contributor to this process and determine how it guides TDP2 to DPCs so they can be repaired.
(DNA damage caused by cancer treatment reversed by ZATT protein, National Institutes of Health)
Scientists say they have almost eradicated populations of the world’s most invasive mosquito species from two test sites in China using a novel two-pronged approach which renders the insects infertile.
(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)
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