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forge

1  [fawrj, fohrj] verb, forged, forg⋅ing. noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
2. to form or make, esp. by concentrated effort: to forge a friendship through mutual trust.
3. to imitate (handwriting, a signature, etc.) fraudulently; fabricate a forgery.
–verb (used without object)
4. to commit forgery.
5. to work at a forge.
6. (of a horse at a trot) to strike the forefeet with the shoes of the hind feet.
–noun
7. a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
8. the workshop of a blacksmith; smithy.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME forgen < OF forgier < L fabricāre to fabricate; see fabric

Related forms:
forge⋅a⋅ble, adjective
forger, noun

Synonyms:
2. shape, fabricate, manufacture, fashion, mold.

forge

2  [fawrj, fohrj]
–verb (used without object), forged, forg⋅ing.
1. to move ahead slowly; progress steadily: to forge through dense underbrush.
2. to move ahead with increased speed and effectiveness (usually fol. by ahead): to forge ahead and finish the work in a burst of energy.
Origin:
1605–15; orig. uncert.
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forge 1   (fôrj, fōrj)   
n.  
  1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy.
  2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron.
v.   forged, forg·ing, forg·es

v.   tr.
    1. To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.
    2. To form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press.
  2. To give form or shape to, especially by means of careful effort: forge a treaty; forge a close relationship.
  3. To fashion or reproduce for fraudulent purposes; counterfeit: forge a signature.
v.   intr.
  1. To work at a forge or smithy.
  2. To make a forgery or counterfeit.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *faurga, from Latin fabrica, from faber, worker.]
forge'a·bil'i·ty n., forge'a·ble adj., forg'er n.
forge 2   (fôrj, fōrj)   
intr.v.   forged, forg·ing, forg·es
  1. To advance gradually but steadily: forged ahead through throngs of shoppers.
  2. To advance with an abrupt increase of speed: forged into first place with seconds to go.

[Probably from forge1.]
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Forge

Forge\, n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. ? soft, tender. Cf. Fabric.]

1. 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.

In the quick forge and working house of thought. --Shak.

2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.

3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies. [Obs.]

In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon.

American forge, a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. --Raymond.

Catalan forge. (Metal.) See under Catalan.

Forge cinder, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary.

Forge rolls, Forge train, the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars.

Forge wagon (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools.

Portable forge, a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.

Forge

Forge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forged; p. pr. & vb. n. Forging.] [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare, fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See Forge, n., and cf. Fabricate.]

1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.

Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak.

2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.

Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use. --Locke.

Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves. --Tennyson.

3. To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document.

That paltry story is untrue, And forged to cheat such gulls as you. --Hudibras.

Forged certificates of his . . . moral character. --Macaulay.

Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.

Forge

Forge\, v. i. [See Forge, v. t., and for sense 2, cf. Forge compel.]

1. To commit forgery.

2. (Naut.) 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. --Totten.

And off she [a ship] forged without a shock. --De Quincey.

Forge

Forge\, v. t. (Naut.) To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.
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Language Translation for : forge
Spanish: forja,
German: die Schmiede, die Esse,
Japanese: 炉
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forge  (n.)
1279, from O.Fr. forge, earlier faverge, from L. fabrica "workshop," from faber (gen. fabri) "workman in hard materials, smith." Sense of "to counterfeit" is in Anglo-Fr. verb forger "falsify," from O.Fr. forgier, from L. fabricari "to frame, construct, build." Forgery is first recorded 1574.

forge  (v.)
1611, "make way, move ahead," most likely an alteration of force, but perhaps from forge (n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in referrence to vessels.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: forge
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: forged; forg·ing
transitive verb : to make, alter, or imitate (as a writing) falsely with intent to defraud : COUNTERFEIT intransitive verb : to commit forgery —forg·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: forge
Pronunciation: 'fO(&)rj, 'fo(&)rj
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: forged; forg·ing
of a horse : to make a clicking noise by overreaching so that a hind shoe hits a fore shoe
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