SWAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swage mean? 

• SWAGE (noun)
  The noun SWAGE has 1 sense:

1. a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

  Familiarity information: SWAGE used as a noun is very rare.

• SWAGE (verb)
  The verb SWAGE has 1 sense:

1. form metals with a swage

  Familiarity information: SWAGE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAGE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

swage; upset

Hypernyms ("swage" is a kind of...):

tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)

• SWAGE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

swage; upset

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