forge
$ \mathrm{forge}^1 |fôrj|
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verb with object
1. make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and beating or hammering it:
〈金属〉を鍛造する
e.g. he forged a great suit of black armor.
2. create (a relationship or new conditions):
〈人などが〉 «…との» 〈関係など〉を築く, 築き上げる; 強化する «with» ; 〈事〉を成し遂げる
e.g. the two women forged a close bond
e.g. the country is forging a bright new future.
3. produce a copy or imitation of (a document, signature, banknote, or work or art) for the purpose of deception:
〈文書など〉を偽造する, ねつ造する
e.g. the signature on the check was forged.
noun
a blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.
鍛冶場, (金属)製錬所
a furnace or hearth for melting or refining metal.
炉, 火床（ほど）〘鍛冶屋で小さな金属片を加熱する開放型の炉〙
a workshop or factory containing a furnace for refining metal.
DERIVATIVES
forgeable adjective
ORIGIN
Middle English (also in the general sense ‘make, construct’): from Old French forger, from Latin fabricare ‘fabricate’, from fabrica ‘manufactured object, workshop’. The noun is via Old French from Latin fabrica.
$ \mathrm{forge}^2 |fôrj|
verb no object, with adverbial of direction
move forward gradually or steadily:
(困難もかえりみず)着実に進む［動く］(on)
e.g. he forged through the crowded side streets.
PHRASAL VERBS
forge ahead
move forward or take the lead in a race.
continue or make progress with a course or undertaking:
e.g. the government is forging ahead with reforms.
ORIGIN
mid 18th century: perhaps an aberrant pronunciation of force1.