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to dropforge

to dropforge

9.9
To shape hot metal by repeatedly hitting it with a heavy hammer in a machine
  • verb
  • /ˈdrɒpˌfɔrdʒ/
  • Specialized
: forjar
  • They dropforged the axle to ensure it could withstand high pressure.

Examples

  • The factory workers carefully dropforge each steel component for extra strength.

  • The blacksmith will dropforge the metal into shape.

  • Special tools are needed to dropforge parts used in the automotive industry.

  • He can dropforge.

  • The factory workers carefully dropforge each steel component for extra strength.

  • Special tools are needed to dropforge parts used in the automotive industry.

  • The blacksmith will dropforge the metal into shape.

Synonyms

to forge
vsto dropforge
75 4.6

To shape metal by heating and hammering or to make something with effort

is limited to shaping metal by heavy machine hammering rather than general creation
to smith
vsto dropforge
1 7.3

To shape hot metal by heating and hammering it

focuses on machine hammering without stressing heating or hand methods
to swage
vsto dropforge
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To shape metal by hammering or pressing its end to fit

is done with a heavy falling hammer machine rather than pressing

How Forceful

to dropforge
  • Specialized
9.9
to forge
75 4.6
hammer
191 1.0
to beat
  • NSFW
∞ 1.2
to tap
98 1.0

Surface Forms

dropforge infinitive
dropforged past
dropforged past participle
dropforging present participle
dropforges third person singular

Morphology

dropforge = drop + forge (semi-transparent) = drop + forge

The verb is compositionally built from 'drop' + 'forge' meaning forging using a drop hammer, but it names a specific process/machine and is somewhat specialized vocabulary.

Etymology

Dropforge comes from drop ('to fall') and forge ('to shape metal with heat and hammer'). In a drop forge a heavy hammer falls onto hot metal to form it, so to dropforge something is to shape it by that falling hammer.