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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Forge \Forge\, v. i. [See Forge, v. t., and for sense 2, cf.
     Forge compel.]
     1. To commit forgery.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Naut.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the
        sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in
        outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to
        forge ahead. --Totten.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And off she [a ship] forged without a shock. --De
                                                    Quincey.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Forge \Forge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Forging.] [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare,
     fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See
     Forge, n., and cf. Fabricate.]
     1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any
        particular shape, as a metal.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to
        invent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Those names that the schools forged, and put into
              the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance
              into common use.                      --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
                                                    --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or
        not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a
        signature, or a signed document.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That paltry story is untrue,
              And forged to cheat such gulls as you. --Hudibras.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Forged certificates of his . . . moral character.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Forge \Forge\ (f[=o]rj), n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the
     workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber
     artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. ? soft,
     tender. Cf. Fabric.]
     1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are
        wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace,
        or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and
        wrought; a smithy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In the quick forge and working house of thought.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the
        ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and
        shingling; a shingling mill.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the
        manufacture of metallic bodies. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     American forge, a forge for the direct production of
        wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly
        in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.
        --Raymond.
  
     Catalan forge. (Metal.) See under Catalan.
  
     Forge cinder, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary.
        
  
     Forge rolls, Forge train, the train of rolls by which a
        bloom is converted into puddle bars.
  
     Forge wagon (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a
        blackmith's forge and tools.
  
     Portable forge, a light and compact blacksmith's forge,
        with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Forge \Forge\, v. t. (Naut.)
     To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Forge \Forge\, n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an
     artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan,
     smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. ? soft, tender.
     Cf. Fabric.]
     1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are
        wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace,
        or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and
        wrought; a smithy.
  
              In the quick forge and working house of thought.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the
        ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and
        shingling; a shingling mill.
  
     3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the
        manufacture of metalic bodies. [Obs.]
  
              In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon.
  
     American forge, a forge for the direct production of
        wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly
        in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.
        --Raymond.
  
     Catalan forge. (Metal.) See under Catalan.
  
     Forge cinder, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary.
        
  
     Forge rolls, Forge train, the train of rolls by which a
        bloom is converted into puddle bars.
  
     Forge wagon (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a
        blackmith's forge and tools.
  
     Portable forge, a light and compact blacksmith's forge,
        with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Forge \Forge\, v. i. [See Forge, v. t., and for sense 2, cf.
     Forge compel.]
     1. To commit forgery.
  
     2. (Naut.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the
        sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in
        outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to
        forge ahead. --Totten.
  
              And off she [a ship] forged without a shock. --De
                                                    Quincey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Forge \Forge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Forging.] [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare,
     fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See
     Forge, n., and cf. Fabricate.]
     1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any
        particular shape, as a metal.
  
              Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak.
  
     2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to
        invent.
  
              Those names that the schools forged, and put into
              the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance
              into common use.                      --Locke.
  
              Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
                                                    --Tennyson.
  
     3. To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or
        not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a
        signature, or a signed document.
  
              That paltry story is untrue, And forged to cheat
              such gulls as you.                    --Hudibras.
  
              Forged certificates of his . . . moral character.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Forge \Forge\, v. t. (Naut.)
     To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  forge
       n 1: furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated
            before shaping
       2: a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
          [syn: smithy]
       v 1: create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge
            a pair of tongues" [syn: hammer]
       2: make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the
          signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged
          a Green Card" [syn: fake, counterfeit]
       3: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or
          priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to
          measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive, devise,
           excogitate, formulate]
       4: move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead"
       5: move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy [syn:
          spurt, spirt]
       6: make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded
          the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough";
          "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" [syn: shape,
           form, work, mold, mould]
       7: make out of components (often in an improvising manner);
          "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
          [syn: fashion]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  forge
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 το μεταλλουργείο, το σιδηρουργείο, τo σιδεράδικο
     2 το καμίνι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  forge
     Middle English alt.
     (l en forge) (gloss: workshop)
     Middle English n.
     (l en forge) (gloss: workshop)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm forgen)
     n.
     1 A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them
  into shape.
     2 A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering
  them.
     3 The act of beating or working iron or steel.
     4 (lb en computing) A Web-based collaborative platform for developing
  and sharing software.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en metal) (lb en metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating
  and hammering.
     2 To form or create with concerted effort.
     vb.
     (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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Forge
     n.
     (surname en from=Old French).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  forge
     n.
     1 A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them
  into shape.
     2 A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering
  them.
     3 The act of beating or working iron or steel.
     4 (lb en computing) A Web-based collaborative platform for developing
  and sharing software.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en metal) (lb en metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating
  and hammering.
     2 To form or create with concerted effort.
     vb.
     (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.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Forge
     n.
     (surname en from=Old French).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  forge
     Middle English alt.
     (l en forge) (gloss: workshop)
     Middle English n.
     (l en forge) (gloss: workshop)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm forgen)
     n.
     1 A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them
  into shape.
     2 A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering
  them.
     3 The act of beating or working iron or steel.
     4 (lb en computing) A Web-based collaborative platform for developing
  and sharing software.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en metal) (lb en metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating
  and hammering.
     2 To form or create with concerted effort.
     vb.
     (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.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Forge
     n.
     (surname en from=Old French).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  forge
     Middle English alt.
     (l en forge) (gloss: workshop)
     Middle English n.
     (l en forge) (gloss: workshop)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm forgen)
     n.
     1 A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them
  into shape.
     2 A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering
  them.
     3 The act of beating or working iron or steel.
     4 (lb en computing) A Web-based collaborative platform for developing
  and sharing software.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en metal) (lb en metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating
  and hammering.
     2 To form or create with concerted effort.
     vb.
     (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.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Forge
     n.
     (surname en from=Old French).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  forge
     Ranska n.
     1 sepän paja
     2 ahjo
     Ranska vb.
     (fr-v-taivm 1 f org e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  forge
     Engelska n.
     1 smedja
     2 ässja
     Engelska vb.
     1 smida
     2 förfalska

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Forge /fˈɔːdʒ/
  كور الحداد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  forge //fo(ː)ɹd͡ʒ// //foəd͡ʒ// //fɔɹd͡ʒ// //fɔːd͡ʒ// 
  1. [[огни́ще]] на [[кова́чница]]
  furnace or hearth
  2. кова́чница
  workshop

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  forge //fo(ː)ɹd͡ʒ// //foəd͡ʒ// //fɔɹd͡ʒ// //fɔːd͡ʒ// 
  1. подправям
  to create a forgery of
  2. кова, изковавам
  to shape a metal
  3. напредвам с труд
  to move forward gradually in the face of resistance