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swage

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/
  • /ˈswɛd͡ʒ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: suage
  • homophone: swedge
  • rhymes with -eɪdʒ
  • rhymes with -ɛdʒ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To bend or shape through use of a swage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

Obsolete form of assuage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: upset

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tool

5

verb

Meaning 5

form metals with a swage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: upset

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English swage, from Old French souage (“decorative groove”), from soue (“rope”), from Vulgar Latin *soca, from Gaulish *souca (“cord”), from Proto-Celtic *soukā, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to twist, bend”).

From assuage by aphesis.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sneedhamer — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • Bulgarian: пуансон (puanson) — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • Catalan: estampidor — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • Dutch: sneedhamer — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • German: Gesenk — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • German: Formgesenk — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • German: Stanze — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • German: Form — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • German: Matrize — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • German: Schmiedegesenk — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • German: Formwerkzeug — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • German: Stempel — tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item
  • Bulgarian: щампосвам (štamposvam) — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: stauchen — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: pressen — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: stanzen — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: sicken — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: kneten — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: prägen — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: tiefziehen — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: gesenkschmieden — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: gesenkformen — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: rundhämmern — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: gesenkdrücken — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: fassonschmieden — to bend or shape through use of a swage
  • German: verjüngen — to bend or shape through use of a swage