From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Forge \Forge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Forging}.] [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare,
fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See
{Forge}, n., and cf. {Fabricate}.]
1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any
particular shape, as a metal.
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Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak.
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2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to
invent.
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Those names that the schools forged, and put into
the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance
into common use. --Locke.
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Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
--Tennyson.
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3. To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or
not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a
signature, or a signed document.
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That paltry story is untrue,
And forged to cheat such gulls as you. --Hudibras.
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Forged certificates of his . . . moral character.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Forging \For"ging\, n.
1. The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.
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2. The act of counterfeiting.
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3. (Mach.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name
for a piece of hammered iron or steel.
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There are very few yards in the world at which such
forgings could be turned out. --London
Times.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forging
n 1: shaping metal by heating and hammering
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