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Definition of Forge
1. Verb. Create by hammering. "Forge a pair of tongues"
Related verbs: Hammer
Generic synonyms: Beat
Specialized synonyms: Foliate, Dropforge
Derivative terms: Forger, Forging, Hammer
2. Noun. Furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping.
3. Verb. Make a copy of with the intent to deceive. "She forged a Green Card"
Generic synonyms: Re-create
Derivative terms: Counterfeit, Counterfeiter, Fake, Fake, Fakery, Forger, Forgery, Forgery
4. Noun. A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering.
Terms within: Anvil, Drop Forge, Drop Hammer, Drop Press
Generic synonyms: Work, Workplace
5. Verb. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. "Did he forge his major works over a short period of time?"; "Excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
Generic synonyms: Create By Mental Act, Create Mentally
Derivative terms: Contrivance, Devisal, Deviser, Devising, Excogitation, Excogitation, Excogitator, Formula, Formulation, Invention, Invention, Inventive, Inventor
6. Verb. Move ahead steadily. "He forged ahead"
7. Verb. Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy.
8. Verb. Make something, usually for a specific function. "Work the metal into a sword"
Specialized synonyms: Carve, Swage, Upset, Chip, Layer, Cut Out, Machine, Grind, Stamp, Puddle, Beat, Preform, Preform, Mound, Hill, Roughcast, Remold, Reshape, Sinter, Cast, Mold, Mould, Throw, Coil, Hand-build, Handbuild, Sculpt, Sculpture, Model, Mold, Mould
Generic synonyms: Create From Raw Material, Create From Raw Stuff
Related verbs: Process, Work, Work On
Derivative terms: Form, Formation, Formation, Formation, Mold, Shape, Shaper, Shaping
9. Verb. Make out of components (often in an improvising manner). "They forge the cape "; "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
Generic synonyms: Make
Specialized synonyms: Tie, Craft, Sew, Tailor, Tailor-make
Derivative terms: Fashioning
Definition of Forge
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.
3. v. i. To commit forgery.
4. v. t. To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.
Definition of Forge
1. Noun. furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape ¹
2. Noun. workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them ¹
3. Verb. To shape a metal by heating and hammering. ¹
4. Verb. To form or create with concerted effort. ¹
5. Verb. To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully. ¹
6. Verb. (often as '''forge ahead''') To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty. ¹
7. Verb. (sometimes as '''forge ahead''') To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forge
1. to fashion or reproduce for fraudulent purposes [v FORGED, FORGING, FORGES]
Medical Definition of Forge
1. 1. 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. "In the quick forge and working house of thought." (Shak) 2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill. 3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies. "In the greater bodies the forge was easy." (Bacon) American forge, a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. Catalan forge. A wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools. Portable forge, a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc, that may be moved from place to place. Origin: F. Forge, fr. L. Fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. Faber artisan, smith, as adj, skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. Soft, tender. Cf. Fabric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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