forge 1 (fôrj, f rj)n. 1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy. 2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron. v. forged, forg·ing, forg·es v.tr. 1. a. To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape. b. To form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press. 2. To give form or shape to, especially by means of careful effort: forge a treaty; forge a close relationship. 3. To fashion or reproduce for fraudulent purposes; counterfeit: forge a signature. v.intr. 1. To work at a forge or smithy. 2. To make a forgery or counterfeit. [Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *faurga, from Latin fabrica, from faber, worker.] forge  a·bil i·ty n.forge a·ble adj.forg er n. |
| forge 2 (fôrj, frj) intr.v. forged, forg·ing, forg·es 1. To advance gradually but steadily: forged ahead through throngs of shoppers. 2. To advance with an abrupt increase of speed: forged into first place with seconds to go. [Probably from forge.] |
forge1
n
1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a place in which metal is worked by heating and hammering; smithy
2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a hearth or furnace used for heating metal
3. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a machine used to shape metals by hammering
vb
1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) to shape (metal) by heating and hammering
2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) to form, shape, make, or fashion (objects, articles, etc.)
3. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) to invent or devise (an agreement, understanding, etc.)
4. (Engineering / Metallurgy) to make or produce a fraudulent imitation of (a signature, banknote, etc.) or to commit forgery
[from Old French forgier to construct, from Latin fabricāre, from faber craftsman]
forgeable adj
forger n
forge2
vb (intr)
1. to move at a steady and persevering pace
2. to increase speed; spurt
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  forge - furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shapingfurnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. |
| 2. |  forge - a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammeringanvil - a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering | |
| Verb | 1. | forge - create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues" hammer - beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat" beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares" foliate - hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal" dropforge - forge with a dropforge; "drop-force the metal" |
| 2. | forge - make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" | |
| 3. | forge - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands | |
| 4. | forge - move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead" | |
| 5. | forge - move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | |
| 6. | forge - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" chip - form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone" layer - make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands" cut out - form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper" machine - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery grind - shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras" stamp - form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles" puddle - subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron" beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch preform - form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand preform - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one mound - form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth" hill - form into a hill roughcast - shape roughly sinter - cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting mould, mold, cast - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" throw - make on a potter's wheel; "she threw a beautiful teapot" hand-build, handbuild, coil - make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" | |
| 7. |  forge - make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" tie - make by tying pieces together; "The fishermen tied their flies" craft - make by hand and with much skill; "The artisan crafted a complicated tool" tailor-make, sew, tailor - create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" |
forge1
verb
1. form, build, create, establish, set up, fashion, shape, frame, construct, invent, devise, mould, contrive, fabricate, hammer out, make, work They agreed to forge closer economic ties.
forge2
verb
forge ahead progress quickly, progress, make headway, advance quickly He began to forge ahead with his studies.
Translations
forge [fɔːdʒ]
B. VT
2. (= falsify) [+ document, painting etc] → falsificar
she forged his signature → falsificó su firma
forged money → moneda f falsa
she forged his signature → falsificó su firma
forged money → moneda f falsa
forge [ˈfɔːrdʒ]
n → forge f
vt
[+ signature] → contrefaire
She tried to forge his signature → Elle a essayé de contrefaire sa signature.
to forge documents → fabriquer de faux papiers
to forge a will → fabriquer un faux testament
to forge money (British) → fabriquer de la fausse monnaie
She tried to forge his signature → Elle a essayé de contrefaire sa signature.
to forge documents → fabriquer de faux papiers
to forge a will → fabriquer un faux testament
to forge money (British) → fabriquer de la fausse monnaie
[+ metal] → forger
to forge ahead with sth (= go ahead with) [+ project] → aller de l'avant dans qch (= make progress with) → faire des progrès dans qch
forge ahead
vi → aller de l'avant, prendre de l'avanceto forge ahead with sth (= go ahead with) [+ project] → aller de l'avant dans qch (= make progress with) → faire des progrès dans qch
forge
vt
metal → schmieden; (fig) friendship, alliance → schließen; relationship → aufbauen; plan → schmieden; to forge economic/close links with somebody/something → Wirtschaftsbeziehungen/eine enge Bindung zu jdm/etw aufbauen
(= counterfeit) signature, banknote → fälschen
vi to forge ahead (with something) → (mit etw) vorwärtskommen or Fortschritte machen; to forge ahead (in career) → seinen Weg machen; (Sport) → vorstoßen; he forged ahead of the rest of the field → er setzte sich weit vom Rest des Feldes
forge [fɔːdʒ]
forge [fɔːdʒ]
1. n (of blacksmith) → fucina
2. vt
b. (falsify, signature, document) → contraffare, falsificare
forge ahead vi + adv → andare avanti (con determinazione)
forge [fɔːdʒ]
1. n (of blacksmith) → fucina
2. vt
b. (falsify, signature, document) → contraffare, falsificare
forge ahead vi + adv → andare avanti (con determinazione)
n forge [foːdʒ]
a very hot oven in which metals are melted etc; a furnace Steel is manufactured in a forge. smeltoond أتون ، كور الحِدادَه ковачница kovárna; výheň smedje; esse die Schmiede, die Esse καμίνι forja sulatusahi کوره ahjo forge נַפָּחִייָה भट्टी talionica; kovačnica kohó peleburan eldstæði í smiðju fucina, fornace 炉 (금속을 가열하는) 노(爐) žaizdras, aukštakrosnė ēze; kurtuve peleburan smeltoven smieavl/-esse kuźnia, zakłady metalurgiczne forja forjă (кузнечный) горн vyhňa topilnica; peč kovačnica smidesugn, ässja โรงตีเหล็ก demirhane 鍛爐 кузня; горно لوہار خانہ lò rèn 锻炉
v
to shape metal by heating and hammering He forged a horse-shoe out of an iron bar. smee يَصْهَر، يَسْبِك кова (vy)kovat smede schmieden σφυρηλατώ forjar taguma به آهن شکل دادن takoa forger לְעַצֵב तपा कर गढ़ना kovati kovácsol menempa smíða við eld; móta forgiare 鍛造する (철 등을) 벼려서 (금속 제품으로) 만들다 (nu)kalti kalt (metālu) membentuk smeden smi, hamre ut, forme (wy)kuć forjar a forja ковать, выковывать (u)kuť kovati kovati smida หลอมโลหะ dövmek 鍛造 кувати دھات کو تپا کر کوٹ پیٹ کر ڈھالنا rèn 锻造
forge2
v forge [foːdʒ]
to copy (eg a letter or a signature) and pretend that it is genuine, usually for illegal purposes He forged my signature. vervals يُزَوِّر фалшифицирам padělat forfalske; efterligne fälschen πλαστογραφώ falsificar võltsima جعل کردن väärentää contrefaire לְזַייֵף नकली बनाना krivotvoriti hamisít memalsukan falsa contraffare 偽造する 날조하다 suklastoti, padirbti viltot (dokumentu, parakstu) memalsukan vervalsen forfalske fałszować forjar a contraface подделывать (s)falšovať ponarediti krivotvoriti förfalska ปลอมแปลง taklit etmek 偽造 підробляти جعلی تحریر بنانا giả mạo 伪造
n forgery
1 (the crime of) copying pictures, documents, signatures etc and pretending they are genuine He was sent to prison for forgery. plagiaat تَزْوير، تَزْييف фалшификация padělání falskneri das Fälschen πλαστογράφηση falsificación võltsimine جعل väärentäminen faux, contrefaçon זִיוּף जाल साजी krivotvorenje hamisítás pemalsuan fölsun contraffazione, falsificazione 偽造 문서 위조 klastojimas (dokumenta, paraksta) viltošana pemalsuan falsificatie falskneri, dokumentfalsk fałszerstwo falsificação fals; contrafacere подлог falšovanie ponarejanje krivotvorenje urkundsförfalskning, förfalskningsbrott การปลอมแปลง sahtekârlık 偽造罪 підробка جعل سازی tội giả mạo 伪造罪
2 a picture, document etc copied for this reason The painting was a forgery. vervalsing تَزييف، تَزْوير фалшификат padělek forfalskning die Fälschung πλαστογραφία falsificación võltsing چیز تقلبی väärennös faux זִיוּף जालसाजी krivotvorina hamisítvány pemalsuan falsaður hlutur contraffazione, falsificazione 偽物 모작, 위조품 klastotė viltojums pemalsuan falsificatie forfalskning falsyfikat falsificação imitaţie, fals подделка falzifikát ponaredek falsifikat förfalskning การปลอมแปลงลายมือหรือเอกสาร taklit 贗品 фальшивка جعل سازی کے لۓ تیار شدہ دستاویز یا تصویر văn kiện, chữ ký... giả 赝品
forge3
v forge [foːdʒ]
to move steadily they forged ahead with their plans. vorentoe beur يَسيرُ قُدُما، يَتَقَدَّم بِثَبات движа се postupovat vpřed gøre fremskridt vorwärts drängen προχωρώ σταθερά avanzar edasi rühkima پیوسته پیش رفتن jatkaa pousser de l'avant לְהִתקַדֵם आगे बढ़ना polako napredovati teljes gőzzel halad maju terus berjast áfram avanzare 着実に進む 착실히 전진하다 stumtis (pirmyn) izvirzīties priekšgalā maju vorderingen maken kjempe/presse seg fram posuwać się naprzód avançar a merge înainte продвигаться вперёд postupovať dopredu utirati si pot napredovati kämpa (arbeta, pressa) sig fram ก้าวไปข้างหน้าอย่างมั่นคง yavaş yavaş ilerlemek 穩步前進 поступово висуватися بتدریج آگے بڑھنا tiến bộ 稳步前进
forge → يُزَوِر ukovat stifte schmieden σφυρηλατώ fraguar takoa contrefaire krivotvoriti contraffare 鍛造する 단조하다 vervalsen utforme wykuć forjar ковать kämpa sig fram ก้าวไปข้างหน้าอย่างมั่นคง dövmek giả mạo 铸造
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