forge | English to English Dictionary

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forge

(f/oU/r/dZ/ )

furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
smithy

source: wordnet30
A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy.(noun)

source: webster1913

create by hammering(verb.creation)

Example:
Forge a pair of tongues.

Synonym:
hammer

source: wordnet30
make a copy of with the intent to deceive(verb.creation)

Example:
She forged a Green Card.

Synonym:
counterfeit, fake

source: wordnet30
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort(verb.creation)

Synonym:
contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, invent

source: wordnet30
move ahead steadily(verb.motion)

Example:
He forged ahead.

source: wordnet30
move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy(verb.motion)

Synonym:
spirt, spurt

source: wordnet30
make something, usually for a specific function(verb.creation)

Synonym:
form, mold, mould, shape, work

source: wordnet30
make out of components (often in an improvising manner)(verb.creation)

Synonym:
fashion

source: wordnet30
To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.(verb)

source: webster1913
To commit forgery.(verb)

source: webster1913
To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.(verb)

source: webster1913

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