| VERB | creation | forge, hammer | create by hammering |
|---|---|---|---|
| creation | forge, fake, counterfeit | make a copy of with the intent to deceive | |
| creation | forge, invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort / effort | |
| motion | forge | move ahead steadily | |
| motion | forge, spurt, spirt | move or act with a sudden increase / increase in speed or energy | |
| creation | forge, shape, form, work, mold, mould | make something, usually for a specific function | |
| creation | forge, fashion | make out of components (often in an improvising manner) | |
| NOUN | artifact | forge | furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping |
| artifact | forge, smithy | a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering |
| Sounds | fao'rjh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | disgorge ... Norge: 5 rhymes with aorjh... | |
| Meaning | furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | furnace | An enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. |
| Spanish | forja, fragua | |
| Catalan | farga, forja | |
| Meaning | A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | smithy | |
| Parts | anvil | A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals / metals are shaped by hammering |
| drop forge, drop hammer, drop press | device for making large forgings | |
| Broader | workplace, work | A place where work is done |
| Spanish | forja, fragua | |
| Catalan | farga, forja | |
| Verbs | forge | create by hammering |
| Meaning | create by hammering. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "forge a pair of tongues" | |
| Synonym | hammer | |
| Narrower | dropforge | forge with a dropforge |
| foliate | hammer into thin flat foils | |
| Broader | beat | shape by beating |
| Similar to | hammer | Beat with or as if with a hammer |
| Spanish | forjar, martillar, martillear | |
| Catalan | amartellar, forjar, martellejar | |
| Nouns | forge | a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering |
| forger | someone who operates a forge | |
| forging | shaping metal / metal by heating and hammering | |
| Meaning | make a copy of with the intent to deceive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She forged a Green Card" | |
| Synonyms | fake, counterfeit | |
| Broader | re-create | create anew |
| Spanish | contrahacer, falsear, falsificar, forjar | |
| Catalan | falsar, falsejar, falsificar, forjar | |
| Nouns | forger | someone who makes copies illegally |
| forgery | criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud | |
| forgery | a copy that is represented as the original | |
| Meaning | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort / effort. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate | |
| Broader | create by mental act, create mentally | Create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
| Spanish | falsificar, formular, idear, inventar, tramar | |
| Catalan | falsificar, formular, idear, inventar, preveure, tramar | |
| Meaning | Move ahead steadily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He forged ahead" | |
| Broader | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
| Spanish | avanzar | |
| Meaning | Move or act with a sudden increase / increase in speed or energy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | spurt, spirt | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Meaning | make out of components (often in an improvising manner). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | fashion | |
| Narrower | craft | make by hand and with much skill |
| sew, tailor, tailor-make | create (clothes) with cloth | |
| tie | make by tying pieces together | |
| Broader | make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents |
| Spanish | forjar, formar | |
| Catalan | fargar, forjar, formar | |
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