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forge

UK/fɔːd͡ʒ/ US/fɔɹd͡ʒ/ fairly common
verb (7) noun (2)

verb

1.

create by hammering

  • “hammer the silver into a bowl”
  • “forge a pair of tongues”
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2.

make a copy of with the intent to deceive

  • “he faked the signature”
  • “they counterfeited dollar bills”
  • “She forged a Green Card”
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3.

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

  • “excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”
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4.

move ahead steadily

  • “He forged ahead”
5.

move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

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6.

make something, usually for a specific function

  • “She molded the rice balls carefully”
  • “Form cylinders from the dough”
  • “shape a figure”
  • “Work the metal into a sword”
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7.

make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

  • “She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks”
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noun

1.

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

2.

a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

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Origin

From Middle English forge, from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). Cognate with Franco-Provençal favèrge. Doublet of fabric and fabrica. Partially displaced English smithy. * Computing sense perhaps derived from the early SourceForge service, launched in 1999.

Phrases

  • American forge
  • brute de forge
  • Catalan forge
  • Clifton Forge
  • Consall Forge
  • forge ahead
  • forge over
  • Forge Valley
  • forge wagon
  • make up
  • Old Forge

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