noun

1. a furnace for heating metal to be wrought
2. a place where metal is heated and hammered or wrought into shape; smithy
3. a place where wrought iron is made from pig iron or iron ore

Etymology: ME < OFr < L fabrica, workshop, fabric < faber, workman < IE base *dhabh-, to join, fit > daft

transitive verb forged, forging forg′·ing

1. to form or shape (metal) with blows or pressure from a hammer, press, or other machine, usually after heating
2. to make (something) by or as by this method; form; shape; produce
3. to make (something false) or imitate (something genuine) for purposes of deception or fraud; esp., to counterfeit (a check, signature, etc.)

Etymology: ME forgen < OFr forgier < L fabricare, to make < fabrica

intransitive verb

1. to work at a forge
2. to commit forgery

intransitive verb forged, forging forg′·ing

1. to move forward steadily, as if against difficulties
2. to move in a sudden spurt of speed and energy

Etymology: prob. altered < force