A surname from Old French.

Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. / Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them. / The act of beating or working iron or steel.

Fake (as documents); falsified. / Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal

past participle of forge. To force forward against opposition.

(often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.

(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering. / To form or create with concerted effort. / To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.

plural of forging

plural of forge

A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering).

present participle of forge