forge
/fɔɹd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.78 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software.
verb
To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
Example Sentences
- "Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge."
- "In the greater bodies the forge was easy."
- "If the project uses a forge like GitLab, GitHub, or BitBucket, it can be very easy to search all past commit logs […]"
- "On Mars's armor forged for proof eterne"
- "Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft."
- "The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters."
Etymology
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. * Computing sense perhaps derived from the early SourceForge service, launched in 1999.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fɔɹd͡ʒ/
- British English: /fɔːd͡ʒ/