Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /fɔːd͡ʒ/
- (America) IPA: /fɔɹd͡ʒ/
- (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /fo(ː)ɹd͡ʒ/
- (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /foəd͡ʒ/
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.
- The act of beating or working iron or steel.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie: In Ten Centuries
- In the greater bodies the forge was easy.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie: In Ten Centuries
- French: forge
- German: Schmiedeofen
- Italian: forgia
- Portuguese: frágua
- Russian: горн
- Spanish: fragua, forja
- French: forge
- German: Schmiede
- Italian: fucina
- Portuguese: forja
- Russian: ку́зница
- Spanish: fragua, forja
forge (forges, present participle forging; past and past participle forged)
(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering. - On Mars's armor forged for proof eterne
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:
- Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
- To form or create with concerted effort.
- The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242 ↗:
- Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Geraint and Enid
- […] do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
- 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.
- To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
- 1663, Samuel Butler (poet), Hudibras
- That paltry story is untrue, / And forged to cheat such gulls as you.
- 1663, Samuel Butler (poet), Hudibras
- French: falsifier, contrefaire
- German: fälschen
- Portuguese: forjar
- Russian: подде́лывать
- Spanish: falsificar
forge (forges, present participle forging; past and past participle 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.
- And off she [a ship] forged without a shock.
- (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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