Forge
[fɔːdʒ] or [fɔrdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering.
(noun.) furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping.
(verb.) make a copy of with the intent to deceive; 'he faked the signature'; 'they counterfeited dollar bills'; 'She forged a Green Card'.
(verb.) create by hammering; 'hammer the silver into a bowl'; 'forge a pair of tongues'.
(verb.) move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy.
(verb.) move ahead steadily; 'He forged ahead'.
Checked by Leda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.
(n.) The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies.
(n.) To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.
(n.) To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.
(n.) To coin.
(n.) To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document.
(v. t.) To commit forgery.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.
Edited by Hardy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Smithy (for heavy work), iron-works.[2]. Furnace (to make iron more malleable), shingling-mill.
v. a. [1]. Beat (metal), form (by heating and hammering).[2]. Devise, invent, frame, coin.[3]. Falsify, counterfeit, fabricate.
Edited by Ellis
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Work, frame, produce, elaborate, fabricate, counterfeit, feign, falsify, form,shape, make_falsely
ANT:Shatter, batter, shiver, blast, fuse, detect, expose, verify, misconstrue,misfabricate, misshape
Checker: Salvatore
Definition
n. the workshop of a workman in iron &c.: a furnace esp. one in which iron is heated: a smithy: a place where anything is shaped or made.—v.t. to form by heating and hammering: to form: to make falsely: to fabricate: to counterfeit or imitate for purposes of fraud.—v.i. to commit forgery.—ns. Forge′man; Forg′er one who forges or makes one guilty of forgery; Forg′ery fraudulently making or altering any writing: that which is forged or counterfeited.—adj. Forg′etive (Shak.) that may forge or produce.—n. Forg′ing a piece of metal shaped by hammering: act of one who forges: a form of overreaching in which the horse strikes the fore shoe with the toe of the hind one clicking.
v.t. to move steadily on (with ahead).
Checker: Neil
Examples
- There was a door in the kitchen, communicating with the forge; I unlocked and unbolted that door, and got a file from among Joe's tools. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In Fig. 257 is seen the great 14,000-ton hydraulic press-forge squeezing into shape a port armor plate for the battleship Alabama. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The most modern method, however, is by the hydraulic press forge, now used in the shops of the Bethlehem steel works in the production of Harveyized armor plate. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Early in the morning I was out, and looking in, unseen, at one of the wooden windows of the forge. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Looking around the forge, he picked up enough scrap iron to make a gun barrel, and with this set to work to make a rifle for himself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Almost fearing, without knowing why, to come in view of the forge, I saw it at last, and saw that it was closed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Our deeds are fetters that we forge ourselves. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The steel for the manufacture of dies is carefully selected, forged at a high heat into the rough die, softened by careful annealing, and then handed over to the engraver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They forged the direct primary and the State University out of the impetus within themselves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Who shall tell how He between whom and the Woman God put enmity forged deadly plots to break the bond or defile its purity? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Forged weight of shaft, 133,400 pounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This may be a false alarm, or a forged letter, said De Bracy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Papers can be forged, the officer said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Forged dimensions: outside diameter, 141 inches; inside diameter, 131 inches; width, 51 inches. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Weight of the porter-bar and chuck which hold the plate for forging is 125,000 pounds, exclusive of counterweights used. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Molding of Glass and Forging of Iron. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- After the parts are put together a thorough forging follows, either by use of hammer or press, the latter being now used in preference. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fire melts ore and allows of the forging of iron, as in the blacksmith's shop, and of the fashioning of innumerable objects serviceable to man. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A great battleship, forging silent and unlighted through the dark night, loomed close astern. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The lap-welded barrel was standard until 1850, and he got together a battery of trip hammers for forging and welding his barrels. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The usual practice in forging is to continue it until the ingot is decreased to one-half its original thickness and is within two inches of the desired diameter of the finished work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In making razors, the workman, being furnished with a bar of cast steel, forges his blade from it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The first notable development of the Nineteenth Century was the introduction of the hot air blast in forges and furnaces where bellows or blowing apparatus was required. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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