to hot-work
7.9
To shape metal by heating it and then hammering or pressing it while hot
- verb
- Specialized
:
trabajo en caliente
- During the training session, the apprentices learned how to hot-work metal effectively.
Examples
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To shape the copper, artisans often hot-work it using a forge.
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Coatings can be applied by one person with no mixing, measuring, or hot work.
Academic text (2000) -
Contractor safety and hot-work permit programs protect you and your contractors by ensuring consistent safety programs and rules understood by all involved.
Academic text (1998) -
The blacksmith will hot-work the steel to create a strong blade.
Synonyms
to forge
vsto hot-work
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4.6
To shape metal by heating and hammering or to make something with effort
includes other hot methods like rolling or pressing, not only hammering
9.9
To shape metal by hammering or pressing its end to fit
requires the metal to be worked while hot
How Hot
to hot-work
- Specialized
to cold work
- Specialized
Surface Forms
hot-work infinitive
hot-worked past
hot-worked past participle
hot-working present participle
hot-works third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
Hot-work is made from two simple parts: hot ('very warm') and work ('to shape or make'). Think of glowing red metal being hit and shaped on an anvil — that's why to hot-work metal is to shape it while it is still hot.