forge - Definition | Dictionary definition of forge

Definition of forge

Verbs

create by hammering

"forge a pair of tongues"

Synonyms:: hammer

Types:: foliate
hammer into thin flat foils; dropforge
forge with a dropforge

Type of:: beat
shape by beating

make a copy of with the intent to deceive

"She forged a Green Card"

Synonyms:: counterfeit, fake

Type of:: re-create
create anew

come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

Synonyms:: contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, invent

Type of:: create by mental act, create mentally
create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

move ahead steadily

"He forged ahead"

Type of:: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

Synonyms:: spirt, spurt

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

make something, usually for a specific function

Synonyms:: form, mold, mould, shape, work; process, work on
shape, form, or improve a material

Types:: show 33 types...; hide 33 types...; carve
form by carving; hew, hew out
make or shape as with an axe; grave, sculpt, sculpture
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; fret
carve a pattern into; swage, upset
form metals with a swage; chip
form by chipping; layer
make or form a layer; cut out
form and create by cutting out; gouge out
make gouges into a surface; rabbet
cut a rectangular groove into; die, die out
cut or shape with a die; machine
turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery; grind
shape or form by grinding; stamp
form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; puddle
subject to puddling or form by puddling; beat
shape by beating; forge, hammer
create by hammering; preform
form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand; preform
form into a shape resembling the final, desired one; mound
form into a rounded elevation; mound over
form a mound over; hill
form into a hill; roughcast
shape roughly; remold, reshape
shape again or shape differently; sinter
cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting; cast, mold, mould
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; press, press out
press from a plastic; recast, remold, remould
cast again; sand cast
pour molten metal into a mold of sand; throw
make on a potter's wheel; coil, hand-build, handbuild
make without a potter's wheel; sculpt, sculpture
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; model, mold, mould
form in clay, wax, etc

Type of:: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
make from scratch

make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

Synonyms:: fashion

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; tie
make by tying pieces together; craft
make by hand and with much skill; handcraft
make something by hand; filigree
make filigree, as with a precious metal; sew, tailor, tailor-make
create (clothes) with cloth; run up
make by sewing together quickly; quilt
create by stitching together