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forge

Have you ever seen a blacksmith make a horseshoe? Well, no, probably not, but they use a special furnace which is called a forge, and "to forge something" is also the act of bashing that hot object into shape.

Forge has also taken on the more general sense of creating something. A new philosophy or art form might have been forged, as might an alibi or an excuse. To forge something also has the meaning of faking something, such as a painting or a signature with the intent to deceive. It can also mean to move ahead in a steady manner, either physically or metaphorically, much like those solid, regular blows of the blacksmith's hammer.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: forge

1
 vn
create by hammering
furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
2
 v
make a copy of with the intent to deceive
3
 v
move ahead steadily
4
 v
make something, usually for a specific function
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: forge
1

v create by hammering

“forge a pair of tongues”
Synonyms:
hammer
hammer
beat with or as if with a hammer
Types:
foliate
hammer into thin flat foils
dropforge
forge with a dropforge
Type of:
beat
shape by beating

n furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping

Type of:
furnace
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.

n a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

Synonyms:
smithy
Type of:
work, workplace
a place where work is done
2

v make a copy of with the intent to deceive

“She forged a Green Card”
Synonyms:
counterfeit, fake
Type of:
re-create
create anew
3

v 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

v 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
4

v make something, usually for a specific function

Synonyms:
form, mold, mould, shape, work
process, work, work on
shape, form, or improve a material
Types:
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carve
form by carving
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
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
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
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
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
hew, hew out
make or shape as with an axe
gouge out
make gouges into a surface
rabbet
cut a rectangular groove into
grave, sculpt, sculpture
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
die, die out
cut or shape with a die
mound over
form a mound over
press, press out
press from a plastic
recast, remold, remould
cast again
sand cast
pour molten metal into a mold of sand
hammer
create by hammering
fret
carve a pattern into
Type of:
create from raw material, create from raw stuff
make from scratch

v make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

Synonyms:
fashion
Types:
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tie
make by tying pieces together
craft
make by hand and with much skill
sew, tailor, tailor-make
create (clothes) with cloth
handcraft
make something by hand
run up
make by sewing together quickly
quilt
create by stitching together
filigree
make filigree, as with a precious metal
Type of:
make
make by shaping or bringing together constituents

v 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
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