Dictionary entry details
• FORGE (noun)
Meaning:
Furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("forge" is a kind of...):
furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)
Meaning:
A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
smithy; forge
Hypernyms ("forge" is a kind of...):
work; workplace (a place where work is done)
Meronyms (parts of "forge"):
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)
• FORGE (verb)
Meaning:
Create by hammering
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
forge; hammer
Context examples:
hammer the silver into a bowl / forge a pair of tongues
Hypernyms (to "forge" is one way to...):
beat (shape by beating)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forge"):
foliate (hammer into thin flat foils)
dropforge (forge with a dropforge)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Make a copy of with the intent to deceive
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
counterfeit; fake; forge
Context examples:
he faked the signature / they counterfeited dollar bills / She forged a Green Card
Hypernyms (to "forge" is one way to...):
re-create (create anew)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
devise; excogitate; invent; contrive; formulate; forge
Context example:
excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
Hypernyms (to "forge" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Move ahead steadily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
He forged ahead
Hypernyms (to "forge" is one way to...):
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
spirt; spurt; forge
Hypernyms (to "forge" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Make something, usually for a specific function
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
shape; mould; mold; form; forge; work
Context examples:
She molded the rice balls carefully / Form cylinders from the dough / shape a figure / Work the metal into a sword
Hypernyms (to "forge" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forge"):
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)
preform (form into a shape resembling the final, desired one)
preform (form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand)
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)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
fashion; forge
Context example:
She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks
Hypernyms (to "forge" is one way to...):
make (make by shaping or bringing together constituents)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forge"):
tie (make by tying pieces together)
craft (make by hand and with much skill)
sew; tailor; tailor-make (create (clothes) with cloth)
Sentence frame:
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