forge

Noun

• a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

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

Verb

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

• 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
    

• move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

• move ahead steadily
  • He forged ahead
    

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

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  smithy , fashion , shape , form , work , mold , mould , spurt , spirt , invent , contrive , devise , excogitate , formulate , fake , counterfeit , hammer