Definition of "forge" []

• A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy. (noun)
• A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron. (noun)
• To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape. (verb-transitive)
• To form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press. (verb-transitive)
• To give form or shape to, especially by means of careful effort: forge a treaty; forge a close relationship. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I am now encountering what my dead mother called the forge fire of life, and I will not shun it like a coward."
• "It's more than just a "forge" - it includes infrastructure for social networking within and between communities as well, and the development team is continuing to enhance these."
• "He writes, "This is a city that fabricates, forgets, and forges its past-in both senses of 'forge'-through misrepresentation and politically motivated fictions"."