MEANING
1. To shape metal through hammering or other compressive force, often while it is heated.
2. To make or alter a document, signature, or other item so that it falsely appears genuine.
3. To create or establish something through sustained or forceful effort.
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Words that belong together
- forge a component
- forged steel
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The workshop forged the component rather than casting it.
The old press had forged the steel support now holding the replacement motor.
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Word forms
- Base
- forge
- Past tense
- forged
- Past participle
- forged
- Present participle
- forging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- forge
- Present continuous
- am/is/are forging
- Present perfect
- have/has forged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been forging
- Past
- forged
- Past continuous
- was/were forging
- Past perfect
- had forged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been forging
- Future
- will forge
- Future continuous
- will be forging
- Future perfect
- will have forged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been forging
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: forge; forges; forged; forged; forging Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: forges.
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