forge

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To create or build something, especially a relationship, with great effort.

   The two leaders worked to forge a lasting peace agreement.

2. 2
   verb

   To make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive.

   He was jailed for trying to forge his boss's signature.

3. 3
   verb

   To shape metal by heating it and hammering it.

   The blacksmith forged a horseshoe over the glowing fire.

4. 4
   noun

   A furnace or workshop where metal is heated and shaped.

   The blacksmith pulled the red-hot iron from the forge.

From Old French forge (“forge, furnace”), a surname for someone who lived near or worked in a forge or smithy.

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