forge

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We should be highly aware of both edges of the swords we forge in our volcano.

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

Meaning at a glance

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noun

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

noun

a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

verb

create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for forge.

noun

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

noun

a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

verb

create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"

verb

make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

verb

come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

See also: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate

verb

move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead"

verb

move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

verb

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"

See also: shape, form, work, mold, mould

verb

make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

Example sentences

We should be highly aware of both edges of the swords we forge in our volcano.

Every time you do "brew install blah" you have a 1/3 chance of downloading a project from source forge.

I think it's perfectly fine if you want to play games dancing around what's legal and forge ahead against Craigslist's wishes.

Generally you want a driving license, as this is the easiest to forge form of ID that gets you complete access.

Frankly, I'd be more interested in "How a developer learned to forge metal.

One would think that if the NSA had the ability to forge windows code signatures like this, they would have used it more selectively.

Why, why, WHY does no one even question the idea of graphic signatures to begin with?This thing where we scan a piece of paper or paste in a little image has always smacked of forgery to me anyway?

" I posit that it's better than not bonding at all, but if you really want to dismiss my friendships and suggest the only way to forge lifetime male bonding is to form an underground anarchist militia and make bombs out of soap, I'll take that under consideration.