Forge Definition

fôrj

forged, forges, forging

noun

forges

A furnace for heating metal to be wrought.

Webster's New World

A place where metal is heated and hammered or wrought into shape; smithy.

Webster's New World

A place where wrought iron is made from pig iron or iron ore.

Webster's New World

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verb

forged, forges, forging

To form or shape (metal) with blows or pressure from a hammer, press, or other machine, usually after heating.

Webster's New World

To form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press.

American Heritage

To move forward steadily, as if against difficulties.

Webster's New World

To make (something) by or as by this method; form; shape; produce.

Webster's New World

To work at a forge.

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Other Word Forms of Forge

Singular:

forge

Plural:

forges

Make way, move ahead, most likely an alteration of force, but perhaps from forge (n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in referrence to vessels.

From Wiktionary
From Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin faurga from Latin fabrica from faber worker

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Anglo-Norman forger, from Old French forgier, from Latin fabrico (“to frame, construct, build”).

From Wiktionary
Probably from forge

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition