forged
/fɔːd͡ʒd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
verb
past participle of forge. To force forward against opposition.
Example Sentences
- "Forged identification documents were used to enter the building."
- "Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid."
- "The blacksmith made an expertly forged horseshoe by beating the red hot metal with his hammer."
- "He forged forward against the current, even as it tried to sweep him down river."