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
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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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Wimbledon, and a mutual love of tennis player Boris Becker, also brought together Jacqueline Webb-Watson and Nicola Dawson, forging a 40-year friendship.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026
The U.S. had cycled through both homegrown and foreign managers without ever truly forging a distinct identity for how they played the game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
The individuals in question are accused of forging documents so they could ship roughly 50 servers made by Super Micro Computer to China.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
The actors spent time forging the kind of intimate charge that could be felt in wordless glances between their closeted characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
“I want to know what you mean, playing out of school and telling your grandmother lies and forging her name on your report and worrying her sick. What do you mean by it?”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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