forge vs remain

forge

verb
  • To form or create with concerted effort. 

  • To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate. 

  • To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty. 

  • To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully. 

  • To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy. 

  • To shape a metal by heating and hammering. 

noun
  • A Web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software. 

  • A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. 

  • A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them. 

  • The act of beating or working iron or steel. 

remain

verb
  • To continue in a state of being. 

  • To await; to be left to. 

  • To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. 

  • To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. 

  • To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared. 

noun
  • That which is left; relic; remainder. 

  • That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. 

  • Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works. 

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