Meaning

4 senses
  1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.

    Schmiedeofen, Esse, Schmiedefeuer

    горнgorn

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

  2. A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

    Schmiede

    ку́зницаkúznica, ку́зняkúznja

    ку́зняkúznja, кова́льняkoválʹnja

    a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

  3. The act of beating or working iron or steel.

  4. A web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software.

Examples

88 sentences
  1. Tom admitted he forged the check.

    Том визнав, що він підробив чек. — deniko

    ruТом признал, что подделал чек. — marafon

  2. Tom admitted that he forged the check.

    Том визнав, що він підробив чек. — deniko

    ruТом признал, что подделал чек. — marafon

  3. My signature was forged.

    Мій підпис було підроблено. — miketheknight

    ruМою подпись подделали. — marafon

    deMeine Unterschrift wurde gefälscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom forged his boss's signature.

    Том підробив підпис начальника. — deniko

    deTom fälschte die Unterschrift seines Chefs. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom has forged his father's signature more than once.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
workshop:
Русский
By meaning 2
furnace or hearth:
workshop:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
furnace or hearth:
workshop:

Origin

From Middle English forge, from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fab

From Middle English forge, from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). Cognate with Franco-Provençal favèrge. Doublet of fabric and fabrica. Partially displaced English smithy.

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Forms

plural: forges
Singularforge
Pluralforges

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering:smithy

Word family

7 related words

See also

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