Definitions of Forge [ɔrdʒ, foʊrdʒ]

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Definition of 'Forge'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) forge
to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.

2.  forge
to form or make, esp. by concentrated effort; fashion:
to forge a treaty.

3.  forge
to imitate (handwriting, a signature, etc.) fraudulently; make a forgery of.

4. (v.i.) forge
to commit forgery.

5.  forge
to work at a forge.

6. (n.) forge
a fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.

7.  forge
the workshop of a blacksmith; smithy.

8. (v.i.) forge
to move ahead slowly; progress steadily.

9.  forge
to move ahead with increased speed and effectiveness (usu. fol. by ahead).

Etymology: (1605–15; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'Forge'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) forge
furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping

2. (verb) forge, smithy
a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

3. (verb) forge, hammer
create by hammering
"hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"

4. (verb) forge, fake, counterfeit
make a copy of with the intent to deceive
"he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

5. (verb) invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

6. (verb) forge
move ahead steadily
"He forged ahead"

7. (verb) forge, spurt, spirt
move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

8. (verb) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
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"

9. (verb) fashion, forge
make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
"She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

Definition of 'Forge'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) forge
to illegally make a copy of sth
to forge a check/signature

2. forge
to develop or create sth
to forge a relationship/career

Definition of 'Forge'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Forge
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. (noun) Forge
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. (noun) Forge
the act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies

4. (noun) Forge
to form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal

5. (noun) Forge
to form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent

6. (noun) Forge
to coin

7. (noun) Forge
to make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document

8. (verb) Forge
to commit forgery

9. (verb) Forge
to move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to forge ahead

10. (verb) Forge
to impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward

Translation of 'Forge'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a very hot oven in which metals are melted etc; a furnace Steel is manufactured in a forge.
Afrikaans: smeltoond	Arabic: أتون ، كور الحِدادَه	Bulgarian: ковачница
Brazilian: forja	Czech: kovárna; výheň	German: die Schmiede, die Esse
Danish: smedje; esse	Greek: καμίνι	Spanish: forja
Estonian: sulatusahi	Farsi: کوره	Finnish: ahjo
French: forge	Hebrew: נַפָּחִייָה	Hindi: भट्टी
Croatian: talionica; kovačnica	Hungarian: kohó	Indonesian: peleburan
Icelandic: eldstæði í smiðju	Italian: fucina, fornace	Japanese: 炉
Korean: (금속을 가열하는) 노(爐)	Lithuanian: žaizdras, aukštakrosnė	Latvian: ēze; kurtuve
Malay: peleburan	Dutch: smeltoven	Norwegian: smieavl/-esse
Polish: kuźnia, zakłady metalurgi	Persian: کوره	Pashto: نغری
Portuguese: forja	Romanian: forjă	Russian: (кузнечный) горн
Slovak: vyhňa	Slovenian: topilnica; peč	Serbian: kovačnica
Swedish: smidesugn,ässja	Thai: โรงตีเหล็ก	Turkish: demirhane
Taiwanese: 鍛爐	Ukrainian: кузня; горно	Urdu: لوہار خانہ
Vietnamese: lò rèn	Chinese: 锻炉
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