forge
Shape with heat
Forge connects making with heat and pressure.
A forge is a furnace where metal is heated for shaping, or the workshop containing it.
To forge is to shape metal by heating and hammering: a forged steel blade.
Extended, forge means to create through effort: forge an alliance, forge a path through the wilderness.
Separately, to forge is to produce a fraudulent copy: forge a signature, forge documents.
They forged ahead means they pressed forward with determination.
Metal-shaping block
- hammerTool for striking nails
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
- quenchingRapid cooling process
tempering · ironwork · farrier · smithy · metalworking · shaping · hot iron · horseshoe
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- castingShaping through liquid form
- moldForm-giving container
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
ingot · billet · crucible · slag · alloy · iron · steel · bronze
Not the real thing
- falsifyDistort the truth
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
imitation · replica · signature · document · currency · hoax · swindle · con
Skilled manual art
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- shapeExternal outline of something
- formShape or document
- buildCreate a structure
construct · make · manufacture · produce · mold · develop · hammer out · work
Move or progress forward
- push forwardProceed with determination
- press onContinue despite hardship
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- headwayForward progress achieved
breakthrough · pioneer · persist · determination · perseverance · drive · onward · steadfast
anvil
Metal-shaping block
quenching · tempering · ironwork · farrier · smithy · metalworking · shaping · hot iron · horseshoe · blade
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
molten · ingot · billet · crucible · slag · alloy · iron · steel · bronze · metallurgy
fake
Not the real thing
- falsifyDistort the truth
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
deception · imitation · replica · signature · document · currency · hoax · swindle · con · artifice
craft
Skilled manual art
build · construct · make · manufacture · produce · mold · develop · hammer out · work · create
advance
Move or progress forward
- push forwardProceed with determination
- press onContinue despite hardship
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
headway · breakthrough · pioneer · persist · determination · perseverance · drive · onward · steadfast
- fireflame, blaze, flames, inferno, embers
- ironiron ore, iron bar, pig iron, cast iron, sheet iron
- inventinvent, devise, create, conceive, come up with
- village lifevillage, hamlet, thatched roofs, chalet, folk tales
- blacksmithinganvil, anvils, bellows, tongs, hammer
- metalworkingwelding, casting, smithing, smelting, anvil
- forged aheadAdvanced with determination
- forge aheadProceed with determination
- forging aheadContinuing with determination
- art forgeryFaking valuable artwork
- forged documentsFraudulently created official papers
- forged signatureFraudulently imitated handwritten name
forgery, forged, forging, forger, forge ahead, forges, forgers, forgeries, reforge