forge
/fɔɹd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
- To form or create with concerted effort. · The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.
- To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully. · He had to forge his ex-wife's signature. The jury learned the documents had been forged.
- To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
He/she/it forges · Past forged · Past participle forged · -ing form forging
Verb forms
- Base form
- forge
- He/she/it
- forges
- Past
- forged
- Past participle
- forged
- -ing form
- forging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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This formative occupation would ultimately forge his artistic identity, gifting him both his famous pseudonym and a profound understanding of human nature.
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