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   forge

   /fɔːdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it: "he forged a great suit of black armour" Similar hammer outbeat into shapefoundcastmouldmodelfashionformshapemakemanufactureproduceturn outinformal:knock togetherknock upknock off
   • 2. create (something) strong, enduring, or successful: "the two women forged a close bond" Similar buildbuild upconstructformcreateestablishset upput together
   • 3. produce a fraudulent copy or imitation of (a document, signature, banknote, or work of art): "the signature on the cheque was forged" Similar fakefalsifycounterfeitcopy fraudulentlycopyimitatereproducereplicatesimulateinformal:pirate

   noun

   • 1. a blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.
   • ▪ a furnace for melting or refining metal.
   • ▪ a workshop or factory containing a furnace for melting metal.

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the general sense ‘make, construct’): from Old French forger, from Latin fabricare ‘fabricate’, from fabrica ‘manufactured object, workshop’. The noun is via Old French from Latin fabrica.

   Derivatives

   • 1. forgeable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   What does forge mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! FORGE definition: 1. to make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive: 2. to make or produce something…. Learn more.

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   Is a forge a real thing?

   • Well, no, probably not, but they use a special furnace which is called a forge, and "to forge something" is also the act of bashing that hot object into shape. Forge has also taken on the more general sense of creating something. A new philosophy or art form might have been forged, as might an alibi or an excuse.

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   What can you do with the Word Forge?

   • There are many things you can do with the word forge in English. You can forge ahead (which, confusingly enough, can mean either "move slowly and steadily" or "move with a sudden increase of speed"), you can forge a check or a painting (make something fake), or you can forge a sword (make something real).

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   What does industry forge mean?

   • Related topics: Industry forge2 noun [ countable] 1 a place where metal is heated and shaped into objects 2 a large piece of equipment that produces high temperatures, used for heating and shaping metal objects Examples from the Corpus forge • Mason is a convicted forger from Rialto.

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   What does forged into the lead mean?

   • He forged into the lead in the fourth set. forge on Her speech wasn’t going down too well, but she forged on. 4 [ transitive] to make something from a piece of metal by heating the metal and shaping it → forge ahead → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus forge • It worked, and a bond was forged.

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   What does forgen mean in English?

   • Middle English forgen "to form, shape (metal by heat), invent, contrive, counterfeit," borrowed from Anglo-French forger, forgier, going back to Latin fabricāre, fabricārī "to fashion, shape, construct" — more at fabricate origin unknown 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

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     FORGE definicja: 1. to make an illegal copy of something in...

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     COUNTERFEIT definition: 1. made to look like the original of...

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     FORGE translate: falsificar, forjar, falsificar, forjar....

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     forge translate: falsificar. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     FORGE translate: подделывать , налаживать, развивать...

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   verb. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy. synonyms: spirt, spurt. see more.

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