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

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