forge
1 (fôrj, fōrj)
[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin* faurga, from Latin fabrica, from faber, worker.]
noun
- A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy.
- A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron.
verb: forged, forg·ing, forg·es.
transitive verb
- To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.
- To form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press.
- To give form or shape to, especially by means of careful effort: forge a treaty; forge a close relationship.
- To fashion or reproduce for fraudulent purposes; counterfeit: forge a signature.
intransitive verb
- To work at a forge or smithy.
- To make a forgery or counterfeit.
derivatives
- forgéa·biĺi·ty
- noun
- forgéa·ble
- adjective
- forǵer
- noun
forge
2 (fôrj, fōrj)
[Probably from forge1.]
intransitive verb: forged, forg·ing, forg·es.
- To advance gradually but steadily: forged ahead through throngs of shoppers.
- To advance with an abrupt increase of speed: forged into first place with seconds to go.
