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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?

   • : a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is shaped and worked by heating and hammering Middle English forge "workshop where metal is heated and shaped," from early French forge (same meaning), from Latin fabrica "workshop for making things of metal" origin unknown

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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 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 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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   to form or make, especially by concentrated effort: to forge a friendship through mutual trust. Synonyms: pirate, falsify, fake, counterfeit, build, create, mold, found, cast. to imitate (handwriting, a signature, etc.) fraudulently; fabricate a forgery.

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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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