forging

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forging

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of forge

noun forgings

countable, uncountable The process of shaping by heating and hammering. […] repeated forgings and workings of wrought-iron […]
countable A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering). […]one set of 16-inch steel gun forgings[…]

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Closest in meaning: smithy, mold, mould, hammer, spurt, form, spirt, shape, fashion, invent, formulate, devise, contrive, counterfeit, fake, excogitate

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@misc{forging_2026,
  title = {forging},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forging},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}