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SWAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
Synonyms:
swage; upset
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("swage" is a kind of...):
tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they swage ... he / she / it swages
Past simple: swaged
Past participle: swaged
-ing form: swaging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Form metals with a swage
Synonyms:
swage; upset
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "swage" is one way to...):
forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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