1. Shaping metal by heating and hammering
   "The blacksmith demonstrated traditional forging techniques"

1. Create by hammering
   "forge a pair of tongues";
   - hammer
    
2. Make something, usually for a specific function
   "The blacksmith forged a new horseshoe";
   - shape, form, work, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
   "The survivors forged a shelter from the wreckage";
   - fashion
    
4. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
   "forge a way to measure the speed of light";
   - invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate
    
5. Make a copy of with the intent to deceive
   "She forged a Green Card";
   - fake, counterfeit
    
6. Move ahead steadily
   "He forged ahead"
    
7. Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
   "The runner forged ahead in the final lap";
   - spurt, spirt [archaic]

Derived forms: forgings

Type of: advance, beat, create by mental act, create mentally, formation, go, go on, locomote, make, make from scratch, march on, move, move on, pass on, progress, recreate, re-create, shaping, travel

Encyclopedia: Forging