smith
A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools,…A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
» It's by smithing that one becomes a blacksmith.
Man wird ein Schmied, indem man schmiedet.
Чтобы стать кузнецом, надо ковать.
Ковалем стає лише той, хто кує.
Meaning
3 sensesA craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
Schmied, Schmiedin
кузне́цkuznéc
кова́льkoválʹ
someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
(broadly)One who makes anything; wright.
someone who works at something specified
(archaic)An artist.
Examples
345 sentencesIt's by smithing that one becomes a blacksmith.
Ковалем стає лише той, хто кує.
ruЧтобы стать кузнецом, надо ковать.
deMan wird ein Schmied, indem man schmiedet.
Tom Jackson's real name is John Smith.
ruНастоящее имя Тома Джексона - Джон Смит.
He said that if Smith was elected, he would resign.
Dr. Smith gave me some meds to calm down, but I didn't take them.
ruДоктор Смит дал мне какие-то препараты, чтобы успокоиться, но я не принял их.
deDr. Schmidt gab mir Beruhigungsmittel, aber die habe ich nicht genommen.
Mr Smith is a good teacher.
Пан Сміт добрий учитель.
ruГосподин Смит - хороший учитель.
deHerr Smith ist ein guter Lehrer.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English smeth, smith, smiþ, smið, smyth, smythe, smyþ, smyþe, from Old EnglishFrom Middle English smeth, smith, smiþ, smið, smyth, smythe, smyþ, smyþe, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smear, spread”).
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Forms
plural: smithsSynonyms
14 synonyms- someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable):metalworker
- Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790):Adam Smith
- English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631):John SmithCaptain John Smith
- religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844):Joseph Smith
- United States blues singer (1894-1937):Bessie Smith
- United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886):Julia Evelina Smith