forging
Americannoun
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an act or instance of forging.
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something forged; a piece of forged work in metal.
noun
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the process of producing a metal component by hammering
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the act of a forger
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a metal component produced by this process
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the collision of a horse's hind shoe and fore shoe
Etymology
Origin of forging
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; forge 1 + -ing 1
Vocabulary lists containing forging
Example Sentences
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Forging is closer to modeling plaster or clay in that you take a material and—with far more effort—shape it into something.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Forging new records in Europe with a famous win in Bordeaux and a first-ever European Champions Cup semi-final, they fell away after those exertions to miss out on the Premiership play-offs again.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
Forging new platonic relationships with straight men outside of these categories feels more fraught.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024
Forging an identity on the ice and within the city’s sports community has proved an ill-timed endeavor this season for a Kraken squad struggling to get both facets in sync.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023
Forging a union with Cleopatra implied that Mark Antony— already known as the new Dionysus—was divine, too.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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