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A tine is a process of metal, or a prong, often used to spear, hook, or otherwise carry other objects. A fork may have two, three, or more tines. Typically, the tines on a fork intended for use as an eating utensil are rather blunt. However, on other objects that have tines, the tines may be quite sharp. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... Assorted forks. ...