forge
Noun
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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.
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A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering (synset 103388492)
has:
- anvil - a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
- drop forge, drop hammer, drop press - device for making large forgings
same as: smithy
Verb
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Create by hammering (synset 201679140)
"hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"is a type of: beat - shape by beatingsame as: hammerverb group: hammer - beat with or as if with a hammer
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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 anewsame as: counterfeit, fake
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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
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Move ahead steadily (synset 201888259)
"He forged ahead"
- Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy (synset 201888119)
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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 scratchsubtypes:
- 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
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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 constituentssubtypes:
- tie - make by tying pieces together
- craft - make by hand and with much skill
- sew, tailor, tailor-make - create (clothes) with cloth
same as: fashion
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