кова́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• forge noun A furnace or workshop where metal is heated and shaped.
• hammer noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
• malleate adj Having, or shaped like, a malleus or another hammer-shaped structure.
• smithy noun A blacksmith's workshop; a forge.

Senses

кова́ть is used for these senses in English:

• forge (metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
• hammer To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
• malleate (rare) To beat into shape with a hammer. [from 1598]
• smithy (uncommon) To forge (metal), especially by traditional blacksmith methods.

forge — full definition

1. noun A furnace or workshop where metal is heated and shaped.
2. verb To shape metal by heating and hammering it.
3. verb To illegally copy or fake a document, signature, or item.
4. verb To build or develop something gradually through effort.

hammer — full definition

1. noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
2. verb To strike something repeatedly, whether with an actual hammer, a fist, or figuratively with words.
3. verb To defeat someone decisively, or to put heavy strain on a system.

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