Forge

v. strengthen; hammer into shape, fashion by heating and hammering; make, form; invent; copy, make a fraudulent imitation; move ahead slowly and steadily; move forward with a sudden burst of speed

n. smithy, blacksmith's shop; fireplace where metal is heated before being shaped

The forge or smithy is the workplace of a smith or a blacksmith. Forging is the term for shaping metal by plastic deformation. Cold forging is done at low temperatures, while conventional forging is done at high temperatures, which makes metal easier to shape and less likely to fracture.A basic smithy contains a forge, sometimes called a hearth for heating the metals, commonly iron or steel to a temperature where the metal becomes malleable, or to a temperature where work hardening ceases to accumulate, an anvil to lay the metal pieces on while hammering, and a slack tub to rapidly cool, and thus harden, forged metal pieces in. Tools include tongs to hold the hot metal, and hammers to strike the hot metal.
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Noun
1. furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
(hypernym) furnace
2. a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
(synonym) smithy
(hypernym) workplace, work
(part-meronym) anvil
(derivation) hammer
Verb
1. create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
(synonym) hammer
(hypernym) beat
(hyponym) foliate
(verb-group) hammer
(derivation) smithy
2. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
(synonym) fake, counterfeit
(hypernym) re-create
(derivation) forger, counterfeiter
3. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
(synonym) invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate
(hypernym) create by mental act, create mentally
4. move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead"
(hypernym) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
5. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
(synonym) spurt, spirt
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
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"
(synonym) shape, form, work, mold, mould
(hypernym) create from raw material, create from raw stuff
(hyponym) carve
(verb-group) work, work on, process
7. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
(synonym) fashion
(hypernym) make
(hyponym) tie

n. forge, smithy

adj. forged, wrought

v. forge

(v. t.)
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.
  

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

(v. t.)
To commit forgery.
  

(n.)
To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document.
  

(n.)
To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.
  

(n.)
To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.
  

(n.)
To coin.
  

(n.)
The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.
  

(n.)
The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies.
  

(n.)
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.