forged
/fɔrdʒd/
verb
- Past tense of forge: shaped metal by heating and hammering.
- Ancient warriors forged their swords by hand.
- The smith forged a horseshoe from a red-hot bar of iron.
- He forged the metal into a beautiful sculpture.
- Past tense of forge: created or formed something with effort.
- She forged a strong friendship with her classmates.
- The two countries forged a peace treaty after years of war.
- They forged a path through the dense forest.
- Past tense of forge: made a fraudulent copy of something.
- They forged the documents to claim the inheritance.
- He forged his mother's signature to get out of school.
- The criminal forged the famous artist's signature on the painting.
adjective
- Made by heating and hammering metal into shape.
- She wore a necklace with a forged silver pendant.
- The blacksmith displayed a set of forged iron gates at the fair.
- Forged steel is stronger than cast steel for many tools.
- Copied or faked fraudulently; not genuine.
- The museum discovered that the painting was a forged copy.
- The signature on the check turned out to be forged.
- He was arrested for using a forged passport at the airport.
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