(~s, forging, ~d)
1.
If one person or institution ~s an agreement or relationship with another, they create it with a lot of hard work, hoping that it will be strong or lasting.
The Prime Minister is determined to ~ a good relationship with America’s new leader...
They agreed to ~ closer economic ties...
The programme aims to ~ links between higher education and small businesses...
The Community was trying to ~ a common foreign and security policy.
V-RECIP: V n with n, pl-n V n, NON-RECIP: V n between pl-n, V n
2.
If someone ~s something such as a banknote, a document, or a painting, they copy it or make it so that it looks genuine, in order to deceive people.
She alleged that Taylor had ~d her signature on the form...
They used ~d documents to leave the country.
VERB: V n, V-ed
~r (~rs)
...the most prolific art ~r in the country.
N-COUNT
3.
A ~ is a place where someone makes metal goods and equipment by heating pieces of metal and then shaping them.
...the blacksmith’s ~.
...Woodbury Blacksmith & Forge Co.
N-COUNT: oft in names
4.
If someone ~s an object out of metal, they heat the metal and then hammer and bend it into the required shape.
To ~ a blade takes great skill.
VERB: V n