forge
Other forms: forged; forging; forges
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.
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create by hammering
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furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
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type of:
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furnace
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
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furnace
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a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
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make a copy of with the intent to deceive
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move ahead steadily
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move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
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make something, usually for a specific function
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types:
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carve
form by carving
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swage, upset
form metals with a swage
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chip
form by chipping
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layer
make or form a layer
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cut out
form and create by cutting out
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machine
turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
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grind
shape or form by grinding
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stamp
form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
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puddle
subject to puddling or form by puddling
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beat
shape by beating
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preform
form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
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preform
form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
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mound
form into a rounded elevation
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hill
form into a hill
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roughcast
shape roughly
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remold, reshape
shape again or shape differently
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sinter
cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
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cast, mold, mould
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
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throw
make on a potter's wheel
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coil, hand-build, handbuild
make without a potter's wheel
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sculpt, sculpture
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
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model, mold, mould
form in clay, wax, etc
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hew, hew out
make or shape as with an axe
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gouge out
make gouges into a surface
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rabbet
cut a rectangular groove into
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grave, sculpt, sculpture
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
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die, die out
cut or shape with a die
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mound over
form a mound over
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press, press out
press from a plastic
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recast, remold, remould
cast again
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sand cast
pour molten metal into a mold of sand
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hammer
create by hammering
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fret
carve a pattern into
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type of:
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create from raw material, create from raw stuff
make from scratch
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make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
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synonyms:
fashion
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types:
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tie
make by tying pieces together
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craft
make by hand and with much skill
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sew, tailor, tailor-make
create (clothes) with cloth
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handcraft
make something by hand
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run up
make by sewing together quickly
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quilt
create by stitching together
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filigree
make filigree, as with a precious metal
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type of:
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make
make by shaping or bringing together constituents
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come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
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synonyms:
contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, invent
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type of:
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create by mental act, create mentally
create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
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create by mental act, create mentally
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Vocabulary lists containing forge
When war destroys their life in Syria, Nuri Ibrahim tries to hold onto hope that he and his grieving wife will survive the dangerous journey to a new home.
In this first book of the mystery series, seventh-grader Samantha Jo Keyes looks through her binoculars and sees a burglary at the Heavenly Hotel.
In this first book of the Samurai Detective series set in 18th-century Japan, Konoike Seikei, a tea merchant’s son dreaming of becoming a noble warrior-poet, helps a judge solve the mystery of a missing jewel.
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