forging
The process of shaping by heating and hammeringThe process of shaping by heating and hammering.
» Tom was jailed for forging documents.
Tom saß wegen Dokumentenfälschung im Gefängnis. — Dani6187
Тома посадили за подделку документов. — sharptoothed
sharptoothed · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The process of shaping by heating and hammering.
shaping metal by heating and hammering
(countable)A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering).
Examples
5 sentencesTom was jailed for forging documents.
ruТома посадили за подделку документов. — sharptoothed
deTom saß wegen Dokumentenfälschung im Gefängnis. — Dani6187
The blacksmith was forging a sword.
Language plays a very important role in forging cultural identity.
Yanni learned to sign his name by forging his father's signature.
We were forging Dad's signature.
Forms
plural: forgingsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.