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Noun (2 meanings)

1. furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping.

forge is a type of:

furnace (noun) - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.

2. a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering.

forge is a type of:

workplace, work (noun) - a place where work is done

parts of forge:

anvil (noun) - a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
drop forge, drop hammer, drop press (noun) - device for making large forgings

forge is derivationally related to:

to forge, hammer (verb) - create by hammering

Verb (7 meanings)

1. create by hammering.

to forge, hammer

Examples:

“hammer the silver into a bowl”,
“forge a pair of tongues”

to forge is a way to:

to beat (verb) - shape by beating

ways to forge:

to dropforge (verb) - forge with a dropforge
to foliate (verb) - hammer into thin flat foils

to forge is derivationally related to:

forge, smithy (noun) - a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
forger (noun) - someone who operates a forge
forging (noun) - shaping metal by heating and hammering
hammer (noun) - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle

Verb group:

to hammer (verb) - beat with or as if with a hammer

2. make a copy of with the intent to deceive.

to forge, fake, counterfeit

Examples:

“he faked the signature”,
“they counterfeited dollar bills”,
“She forged a Green Card”

to forge is a way to:

to re-create (verb) - create anew

to forge is derivationally related to:

counterfeit, forgery (noun) - a copy that is represented as the original
fake, sham, postiche (noun) - something that is a counterfeit
fakery (noun) - the act of faking (or the product of faking)
forger, counterfeiter (noun) - someone who makes copies illegally
forgery (noun) - criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player (noun) - a person who makes deceitful pretenses

3. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.

to invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge

Example:

“excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”

to forge is a way to:

to create by mental act, create mentally (verb) - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

to forge is derivationally related to:

conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation (noun) - inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
devisal, contrivance (noun) - the act of devising something
devising, fashioning, making (noun) - the act that results in something coming to be
excogitation (noun) - thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it
excogitator (noun) - a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly

formula (noun) - a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
imaginative, inventive (adjective) -
invention (noun) - the act of inventing
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design (noun) - the creation of something in the mind
inventor, discoverer, artificer (noun) - someone who is the first to think of or make something
planner, contriver, deviser (noun) - a person who makes plans

4. move ahead steadily.

Example:

“He forged ahead”

to forge is a way to:

to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on (verb) - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

5. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy.

to forge, spurt, spirt

to forge is a way to:

to travel, go, move, locomote (verb) - change location

6. make something, usually for a specific function.

to shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge

Examples:

“She molded the rice balls carefully”,
“Form cylinders from the dough”,
“shape a figure”,
“Work the metal into a sword”

to forge is a way to:

to create from raw material, create from raw stuff (verb) - make from scratch

ways to forge:

to beat (verb) - shape by beating
to carve (verb) - form by carving
to cast, mold, mould (verb) - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
to chip (verb) - form by chipping
to cut out (verb) - form and create by cutting out

to grind (verb) - shape or form by grinding
to handbuild, hand-build, coil (verb) - make without a potter's wheel
to hill (verb) - form into a hill
to layer (verb) - make or form a layer
to machine (verb) - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
to model, mold, mould (verb) - form in clay, wax, etc
to mound (verb) - form into a rounded elevation
to preform (verb) - form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
to preform (verb) - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
to puddle (verb) - subject to puddling or form by puddling
to reshape, remold (verb) - shape again or shape differently
to roughcast (verb) - shape roughly
to sculpt, sculpture (verb) - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
to sinter (verb) - cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
to stamp (verb) - form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
to swage, upset (verb) - form metals with a swage
to throw (verb) - make on a potter's wheel

to forge is derivationally related to:

cast, mold, mould, stamp (noun) - the distinctive form in which a thing is made
constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation (noun) - the act of forming or establishing something
form (noun) - a mold for setting concrete
form, shape, cast (noun) - the visual appearance of something or someone
formation, shaping (noun) - the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

formation (noun) - a particular spatial arrangement
maker, shaper (noun) - a person who makes things

Verb group:

to work, work on, process (verb) - shape, form, or improve a material

7. make out of components (often in an improvising manner).

to fashion, forge

Example:

“She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks”

to forge is a way to:

to make (verb) - make by shaping or bringing together constituents

ways to forge:

to craft (verb) - make by hand and with much skill
to sew, tailor, tailor-make (verb) - create (clothes) with cloth
to tie (verb) - make by tying pieces together

to forge is derivationally related to:

devising, fashioning, making (noun) - the act that results in something coming to be