1. Shaping metal by heating and hammering

1. Create by hammering
   "forge a pair of tongues"
   - hammer 
2. Make a copy of with the intent to deceive
   "She forged a Green Card"
   - fake, counterfeit 
3. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
   - invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate 
4. Move ahead steadily
   "He forged ahead" 
5. Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
   - spurt, spirt 
6. Make something, usually for a specific function
   - shape, form, work, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn] 
7. Make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
   - fashion

Derived forms: forgings

See also: forger, forgery

Type of: advance, beat, create by mental act, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, create mentally, formation, go, go on, locomote, make, march on, move, move on, pass on, progress, re-create, shaping, travel

Encyclopedia: Forge Forge, Powys

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