forge
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From Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). The verb is from Anglo-Norman forger (“to falsify”), from Old French forgier, from Latin fabrico (“to frame, construct, build”).
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Wikipedia forge (plural forges)
- furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape
- workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them
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furnace or hearth
workshop
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[edit] Etymology 2
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.
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forge (third-person singular simple present forges, present participle forging, simple past and past participle forged)
- To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
- To form or create with concerted effort.
- The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.
- To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
- He had to forge his ex-wife's signature.
- The jury learned the documents had been forged.
- (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
- The party of explorers forged through the thick underbrush.
- We decided to forge ahead with our plans even though our biggest underwriter backed out.
- (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
- With seconds left in the race, the runner forged into first place.
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to shape a metal
to create a forgery of
to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
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