Forges

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. A workshop where metals are shaped through heat and force
2. The action of crafting items by applying heat, pressure, or skillful manipulation
3. A place equipped for heating and shaping metal objects ; the process of heating and shaping metal typically by hammering ; the act of creating a fake version of something, especially documents or signatures

Etymology: "Forges" is the plural of the noun "forge," a workshop for heating and shaping metal. That noun comes from Old French "forge," from Latin "fabrica," meaning "workshop," which derived from "faber," a workman in hard materials such as a smith. The same Latin root gave English "fabric," so the two are doublets. The verb has a separate Latin source, "fabrico," meaning "to frame, construct, build," which also gave English "fabricate." The sense of making a fake version of something comes from that same idea of constructing something, though it was not borrowed as a separate word.

Synonyms: shapes, molds, forms

Antonyms: destroys