Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To hurt or sting.

    After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"

    schmerzen

  2. (transitive)To cause a smart or sting in.

  3. (intransitive)To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

More definitions
  • be the source of pain

Examples

1675 sentences
  1. He is a very smart boy.

    Він дуже розумний хлопець. — deniko

    ruОн очень умный мальчик. — marafon

    deEr ist ein sehr intelligenter Junge. — MUIRIEL

  2. Tom is a very smart boy.

    Том дуже розумний хлопчик. — deniko

    ruТом очень умный мальчик. — marafon

    deTom ist ein sehr kluger Junge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I told you Tom was smart.

    Я ж казав тобі, що Том розумний. — deniko

  4. Tom is really smart, isn't he?

    Том дуже розумний, так? — deniko

    deTom ist sehr schlau, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  5. Tom isn't very smart, is he?

    Том не дуже розумний, еге ж? — deniko

    ruТом не очень-то умён, да? — Ooneykcall

    deTom ist nicht der Schlauste, oder? — pullnosemans

Translations

7 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to hurt or sting:

Origin

From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germ

From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.

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Forms

smarts, smarting, smarted, smarted
Base formsmart · to smart
3rd person singularsmarts
Present participlesmarting
Past simplesmarted
Past participlesmarted

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysmart
he, she, itsmarts

Past simpleLesson

all personssmarted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave smarted
he, she, ithas smarted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill smart

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is smarter than
  • as smart as
  • lot smarter than
  • a lot smarter
  • smart enough to
  • was smart enough
  • isn't as smart
  • smart enough
  • is a smart
  • smart guy
  • a very smart
  • lot smarter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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