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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) 

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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