forge
part of speech
noun (forge, forges); verb (forge, forges, forged, forging)
meaning for a pupil
1) A forge is a workshop with a very hot fire where a blacksmith heats and shapes metal. tree →
2) To forge metal is to heat it and hammer it into shape. tree →
3) To forge money, a signature or a document is to make a fake copy to trick people — a crime. tree →
4) To forge a friendship or link is to make it with effort. tree →
5) To forge ahead is to move forward strongly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons, blacksmiths worked at forges making horseshoes and tools. In everyday life and news, forged banknotes or signatures are illegal. In stories, heroes forge swords or forge ahead through storms. Phrases: «forge a signature», «forge ahead», «forge a friendship».
examples
- The blacksmith heated the iron in the forge. tree →
- He forged a horseshoe on the anvil. tree →
- Forging someone's signature is against the law. tree →
- The police found forged banknotes. tree →
- The two schools forged a strong friendship. tree →
- The explorers forged ahead through the snow. tree →
- Swords were forged from steel. tree →
- So the smith forged her two iron teeth. tree →
note
Noun «forgery» means a fake copy. Pronounced «forj». In a story, «forged» can mean made strongly OR faked — read the sentence. Not a number word.
In the corpora
- Forging a parent's signature is a serious lie that breaks trust with school and family.
- Ollie in Belfast forged a sick note to skip swimming because he was scared of the deep end.
- A forged signature on a school note is a serious lie, because it pretends a parent agreed.
- Once one forged note is found, a school can go back and check all the others.
- Forging a note turns one problem into two: the thing in the note and the forgery.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «forge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.