forged

1. 1
   adjective

   Made by heating metal and hammering or pressing it into shape.

   Like shaping warm clay with your hands, but with hot metal and a hammer.

   The blacksmith sold forged tools that were stronger than cast ones.

   The old gate was built from heavy forged iron bars.

   Similarwrought, hammered

   Oppositecast

2. 2
   adjective

   Made or copied to look real so it can fool people, especially a document or signature.

   Like a fake banknote made to pass as real money.

   Border officers found a forged passport hidden in his suitcase.

   The whole contract turned out to be forged.

   Similarfake, counterfeit, falsified, bogus, fraudulent

   Oppositegenuine, authentic, real

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3. 3
   verb

   Past participle of forge. Use it after has, have, or had to talk about pushing ahead against something in the way.

   The team had forged ahead in the final minutes of the match.

   The explorers had forged through thick jungle for days.

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