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Forging
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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verb (used with object)
1.
to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
2.
to form or make, especially 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; Middle English forgen < Old French forgier < Latin fabricāre to fabricate; see fabric
1250–1300; Middle English forgen < Old French forgier < Latin fabricāre to fabricate; see fabric
Related forms
forge·a·ble, adjective
forg·er, noun
re·forge·a·ble, adjective
un·forge·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
2. shape, fabricate, manufacture, fashion, mold.
2. shape, fabricate, manufacture, fashion, mold.
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 followed by ahead): to forge ahead and finish the work in a burst of energy.
Origin:
1605–15; origin uncertain
1605–15; origin uncertain
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