Pronunciations (4)
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/fɔːd͡ʒ/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/fɔɹd͡ʒ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/fo(ː)ɹd͡ʒ/
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/foəd͡ʒ/
Noun
A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
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Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge.
A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
The act of beating or working iron or steel.
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In the greater bodies the forge was easy.
A web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software.
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If the project uses a forge like GitLab, GitHub, or BitBucket, it can be very easy to search all past commit logs […]
Verb
To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
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On Mars's armor forged for proof eterne
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Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
To form or create with concerted effort.
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The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.
Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use.
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O purblind race of miserable men, / How many among us at this very hour / Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves. / By taking true for false, or false for true.
In The Last Guardian, a kidnapped boy forges an uneasy relationship with a frightening beast in order to survive.
To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
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He had to forge his ex-wife's signature. The jury learned the documents had been forged.
To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
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That paltry story is untrue, / And forged to cheat such gulls as you.
Verb
To move forward slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily, especially in the face of resistance or difficulty.
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The party of explorers forged through the thick underbrush.
And off she [a ship] forged without a shock.
To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
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With seconds left in the race, the runner forged into first place.
Let's forge past that runner on the inside.
Noun
furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
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a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
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Verb
create by hammering
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hammer the silver into a bowl
forge a pair of tongues
make a copy of with the intent to deceive
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he faked the signature
they counterfeited dollar bills
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She forged a Green Card
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
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excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
move ahead steadily
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He forged ahead
move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
make something, usually for a specific function
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She molded the rice balls carefully
Form cylinders from the dough
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shape a figure
Work the metal into a sword
make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
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She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks