It can be used to describe an action however so you're not too far off. By fording the river you may forge ahead. Funnily enough now that i look the NYT website has:
You can “ford” a raging river. Or you can “forge on” or “forge ahead.” But you can't “forge” a river.
the_revised_pratchet t1_iyc958x wrote
Reply to comment by gopherdagold in Contraption, Me, Digital, 2022 by the_humeister
Duckbitt?