verb
- Create by hammering.
- usage: "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
- Make a copy of with the intent to deceive.
- usage: "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
- synonyms: forge, fake, counterfeit
- Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.
- usage: "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
- Move ahead steadily.
- usage: "He forged ahead"
- synonyms: forge
- Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy.
- Make something, usually for a specific function.
- usage: "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
- Make out of components (often in an improvising manner. )
- usage: "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
adjective
- Reproduced fraudulently.
- usage: "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
- synonyms: bad
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