| copy | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. copy, transcript | a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record). |
| ~ written account, written record | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. copy | a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing.; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor" |
| ~ anamorphosis, anamorphism | a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner. |
| ~ carbon copy, carbon | a copy made with carbon paper. |
| ~ casting, cast | object formed by a mold. |
| ~ duplication, duplicate | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly.; "he made a duplicate for the files" |
| ~ facsimile, autotype | an exact copy or reproduction. |
| ~ imitation | something copied or derived from an original. |
| ~ knockoff, clone | an unauthorized copy or imitation. |
| ~ miniature, toy | a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size. |
| ~ modification | slightly modified copy; not an exact copy.; "a modification of last year's model" |
| ~ photocopy | a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work. |
| ~ print | a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it). |
| ~ quadruplicate | any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly.; "it was signed in quadruplicate" |
| ~ replica, reproduction, replication | copy that is not the original; something that has been copied. |
| ~ representation | a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something. |
| ~ triplicate | one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly. |
| ~ xerox, xerox copy | a copy made by a xerographic printer. |
| n. (communication) | 3. copy, written matter | matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials. |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ dump | (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs. |
| ~ fair copy | a clean copy of a corrected draft. |
| ~ filler | copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper. |
| n. (communication) | 4. copy | material suitable for a journalistic account.; "catastrophes make good copy" |
| ~ journalism, news media | newspapers and magazines collectively. |
| ~ material | information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form.; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography" |
| v. (creation) | 5. copy | copy down as is.; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over" |
| ~ write | mark or trace on a surface.; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" |
| ~ recopy | copy again.; "The child had to recopy the homework" |
| ~ copy out | copy very carefully and as accurately as possible. |
| v. (creation) | 6. copy, imitate, simulate | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| ~ conform to, follow | behave in accordance or in agreement with.; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" |
| ~ mock | imitate with mockery and derision.; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate" |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| ~ take off | mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner.; "This song takes off from a famous aria" |
| ~ mime, mimic | imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect.; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" |
| ~ model, pattern | plan or create according to a model or models. |
| ~ take after, follow | imitate in behavior; take as a model.; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" |
| ~ emulate | strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister" |
| v. (creation) | 7. copy, replicate | reproduce or make an exact copy of.; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double | make or do or perform again.; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" |
| v. (creation) | 8. copy, re-create | make a replica of.; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" |
| ~ manifold | make multiple copies of.; "multiply a letter" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ imitate | make a reproduction or copy of. |
| ~ trace | copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of.; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern" |
| ~ back up | make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy.; "You'd better back up these files!" |
| ~ hectograph | copy on a duplicator.; "hectograph the hand-outs" |
| ~ clone | make multiple identical copies of.; "people can clone a sheep nowadays" |
| ~ mimeo, mimeograph | print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph.; "She mimeographed the syllabus" |
| ~ roneo | make copies on a Roneograph. |
| forge | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. forge | furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping. |
| ~ furnace | an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. forge, smithy | a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering. |
| ~ anvil | a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering. |
| ~ drop forge, drop hammer, drop press | device for making large forgings. |
| ~ workplace, work | a place where work is done.; "he arrived at work early today" |
| v. (creation) | 3. forge, hammer | create by hammering.; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues" |
| ~ hammer | beat with or as if with a hammer.; "hammer the metal flat" |
| ~ beat | shape by beating.; "beat swords into ploughshares" |
| ~ foliate | hammer into thin flat foils.; "foliate metal" |
| ~ dropforge | forge with a dropforge.; "drop-force the metal" |
| v. (creation) | 4. counterfeit, fake, forge | make a copy of with the intent to deceive.; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| v. (creation) | 5. contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| v. (motion) | 6. forge | move ahead steadily.; "He forged ahead" |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| v. (motion) | 7. forge, spirt, spurt | move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy. |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (creation) | 8. forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| ~ carve | form by carving.; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
| ~ swage, upset | form metals with a swage. |
| ~ chip | form by chipping.; "They chipped their names in the stone" |
| ~ layer | make or form a layer.; "layer the different colored sands" |
| ~ cut out | form and create by cutting out.; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper" |
| ~ machine | turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery. |
| ~ grind | shape or form by grinding.; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras" |
| ~ stamp | form or cut out with a mold, form, or die.; "stamp needles" |
| ~ puddle | subject to puddling or form by puddling.; "puddle iron" |
| ~ beat | shape by beating.; "beat swords into ploughshares" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ preform | form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand. |
| ~ preform | form into a shape resembling the final, desired one. |
| ~ mound | form into a rounded elevation.; "mound earth" |
| ~ hill | form into a hill. |
| ~ roughcast | shape roughly. |
| ~ remold, reshape | shape again or shape differently. |
| ~ sinter | cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting. |
| ~ mould, mold, cast | form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.; "cast a bronze sculpture" |
| ~ throw | make on a potter's wheel.; "she threw a beautiful teapot" |
| ~ hand-build, handbuild, coil | make without a potter's wheel.; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" |
| ~ work on, work, process | shape, form, or improve a material.; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" |
| ~ sculpt, sculpture | create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material.; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" |
| ~ mold, mould, model | form in clay, wax, etc.; "model a head with clay" |
| v. (creation) | 9. fashion, forge | make out of components (often in an improvising manner).; "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" |
| ~ make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents.; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| ~ tie | make by tying pieces together.; "The fishermen tied their flies" |
| ~ craft | make by hand and with much skill.; "The artisan crafted a complicated tool" |
| ~ tailor-make, sew, tailor | create (clothes) with cloth.; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" |
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