English-Thai Dictionary

pitchfork

N คราด  hayfork fork krad

 

pitchfork

VT กวาด หรือ ตัก ด้วย คราด  kwad-rue-takduai-krad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PITCHFORK

n.A fork or farming utensil used in throwing hay or sheaves of grain, in loading or unloading carts and wagons.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PITCHFORK

PITCHFORK Pitch "fork `, n.

 

Defn: A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

 

PITCHFORK

PITCHFORK Pitch "fork `, v. t.

 

Defn: To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork. He has been pitchforked into the footguards. G. A. Sala.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pitchfork

pitch fork |ˈpiCHˌfôrk ˈpɪtʃˌfɔrk | ▶noun a farm tool with a long handle and sharp metal prongs, used esp. for lifting hay. ▶verb [ with obj. ] lift with a pitchfork. • thrust (someone ) suddenly into an unexpected and difficult situation: a woman of ordinary intellect pitchforked into power by circumstances. ORIGIN late Middle English: from earlier pickfork, influenced by the verb pitch 1 (because the tool is used for “pitching ” or throwing sheaves onto a stack ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

pitchfork

pitch |fork |ˈpɪtʃfɔːk | ▶noun a farm tool with a long handle and two sharp metal prongs, used for lifting hay. ▶verb [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] lift with a pitchfork. • thrust (someone ) suddenly into an unexpected and difficult situation: he was pitchforked into the job for six months. ORIGIN late Middle English: from earlier pickfork, influenced by the verb pitch 1 (because the tool is used for ‘pitching ’ or throwing sheaves on to a stack ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pitchfork

p í tch f ò rk 名詞 C (干し草用の2 [3つ ]叉 （また ）の ) (ピッチ )フォーク .動詞 他動詞 1 〈干し草など 〉をフォークでかき [投げ ]上げる .2 【地位などに 】〈人 〉を無理に付ける «into » .