to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.

to form or make, esp. by concentrated effort

to forge a friendship through mutual trust.

to imitate (handwriting, a signature, etc.) fraudulently; fabricate a forgery.

to commit forgery.

to work at a forge.

(of a horse at a trot) to strike the forefeet with the shoes of the hind feet.

a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.

the workshop of a blacksmith; smithy.

verb

coin , copy , design , duplicate , fabricate , fake , falsify , fashion , feign , frame , imitate , invent , make , phony up , pirate * , produce , reproduce , scratch , trace , transcribe , trump up , beat , build , construct , contrive , create , devise , form , hammer out * , manufacture , mold , pound , put together , shape , turn out , work , hammer , assemble , drive , lunge , advance , bloomery , counterfeit , smithy