Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - forge

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fabrica, from fabr-, faber smith  Date: 13th century  1. a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought ; smithy  2. a workshop where wrought iron is produced or where iron is made malleable  II. verb  (~d; forging)  Date: 14th century  transitive verb  1.  a. to form (as metal) by heating and hammering  b. to form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press with or without heat  2. to make or imitate falsely especially with intent to defraud ; counterfeit ~ a document ~ a signature  3. to form or bring into being especially by an expenditure of effort working to ~ party unity  intransitive verb  1. to work at a ~  2. to commit ~ry  • ~ability noun  • ~able adjective  III. intransitive verb  (~d; forging)  Etymology: origin unknown  Date: 1611  1. to move forward slowly and steadily the ship ~d ahead through heavy seas  2. to move with a sudden increase of speed and power ~d into the lead ~d ahead in marketing the product