Meaning & use
forges
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Furnaces or workshops where metal is heated and shaped, or the act of shaping metal by heating and hammering it.
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The blacksmith's forges glowed late into the night before the festival.
He forges custom knives from reclaimed steel in his backyard workshop.
A note on using this word
Also used figuratively as a verb meaning to create something through effort, as in 'forges an alliance,' or to illegally copy something, as in 'forges a signature.'
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Creates or produces something, often through great effort, or illegally copies a document or signature.
The two nations forge a fragile peace after years of conflict.
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