forging
Americannoun
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forgings
plural
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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
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Etymology
Origin of forging
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; forge 1 + -ing 1
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Jacob Tremblay embodies a young Kaczynski almost exactly as I have imagined him, minus the smiling and the forging of his mother’s signature.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Agency” is wielding power and autonomy in choosing how to live; “belonging” is forging social ties with others; and “cause” is serving a higher purpose.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Moscow has continued to be one of India's strongest allies despite Delhi forging closer relationships with Europe and the US in the past three decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Ivonne A-Baki, 75, is an Ecuadoran diplomat and politician who represented Quito as ambassador to Washington where she was seen as forging close ties with US President Donald Trump.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
During my first year on the national team, I was a workhorse who showed no mercy on the strip, but I was a lamb among my teammates, with the goal of forging friendships with them.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
But delivering 800 planes at least by 2025 will require a significant ramp-up by castings and forgings suppliers, who are facing labor constraints.
From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2022
A few miles away, Howmet, where my father worked next, made airfoils, rings, disks, forgings and other parts for airplanes, including the infamous F-35 fighter jet.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
The sectors are: casting and forgings, missiles and munitions, energy storage and batteries, strategic and critical materials and microelectronics.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Like all Miura forgings, the K-Grind 2.0 wedge is forged at headquarters in Himeji, Japan, using the company’s 14-step forging process.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 11, 2019
Compressed forgings in car-wheels and other shapes are piled on the floor, and a whole railway rail-rolling mill train is shown in motion.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
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