forge

Noun
  1. Furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping (synset 103388667)
    is a type of: furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
  2. A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering (synset 103388492)
    is a type of: work, workplace - a place where work is done
    has:
    same as: smithy
Verb
  1. Create by hammering (synset 201679140)
    "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
    is a type of: beat - shape by beating
    subtypes:
    same as: hammer
    verb group: hammer - beat with or as if with a hammer
  2. Make a copy of with the intent to deceive (synset 201657814)
    "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
    is a type of: re-create - create anew
    same as: counterfeit, fake
  3. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort (synset 201635953)
    "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
    is a type of: create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
    same as: contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, invent
  4. Move ahead steadily (synset 201888259)
    "He forged ahead"
    is a type of: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
  5. Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy (synset 201888119)
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    same as: spirt, spurt
  6. Make something, usually for a specific function (synset 201663142)
    "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
    is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
    subtypes:
    • carve - form by carving
    • swage, upset - form metals with a swage
    • chip - form by chipping
    • layer - make or form a layer
    • cut out - form and create by cutting out
    • machine - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
    • grind - shape or form by grinding
    • stamp - form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
    • puddle - subject to puddling or form by puddling
    • beat - shape by beating
    • preform - form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
    • preform - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
    • mound - form into a rounded elevation
    • hill - form into a hill
    • roughcast - shape roughly
    • remold, reshape - shape again or shape differently
    • sinter - cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
    • cast, mold, mould - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
    • throw - make on a potter's wheel
    • coil, hand-build, handbuild - make without a potter's wheel
    • sculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
    • model, mold, mould - form in clay, wax, etc
    same as: form, mold, mould, shape, work
    verb group: process, work, work on - shape, form, or improve a material
  7. Make out of components (often in an improvising manner) (synset 201662082)
    "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
    is a type of: make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents
    subtypes:
    same as: fashion

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