Meaning

3 senses

  1. 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.

    Schmied, Schmiedin

    кузне́цkuznéc

    кова́льkoválʹ

    someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)

  2. (broadly)One who makes anything; wright.

    someone who works at something specified

  3. (archaic)An artist.

Examples

345 sentences

  1. It's by smithing that one becomes a blacksmith.

    Ковалем стає лише той, хто кує. — shanghainese

    ruЧтобы стать кузнецом, надо ковать. — fjay69

    deMan wird ein Schmied, indem man schmiedet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom Jackson's real name is John Smith.

    ruНастоящее имя Тома Джексона - Джон Смит. — marafon

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  3. He said that if Smith was elected, he would resign.

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  4. 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. — corvard

    deDr. Schmidt gab mir Beruhigungsmittel, aber die habe ich nicht genommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Mr Smith is a good teacher.

    Пан Сміт добрий учитель. — deniko

    ruГосподин Смит - хороший учитель. — marafon

    deHerr Smith ist ein guter Lehrer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
craftsperson who works metal — see also blacksmith:
Русский
By meaning 1
craftsperson who works metal — see also blacksmith:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
craftsperson who works metal — see also blacksmith:

Origin

From Middle English smeth, smith, smiþ, smið, smyth, smythe, smyþ, smyþe, from Old English

From 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: smiths
Singularsmith
Pluralsmiths

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
metalsmithmetalworker
Close in meaning
  • 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

Word family

86 related words
Relatedsmiddysmitherysmithy
DerivedwordsmithC2adsmithanchorsmithanvilsmitharmoursmitharrowsmithbeatsmithblacksmithbladesmithboatsmithboilersmithboltsmithbrightsmithbronzesmithchainsmithclocksmithcoachsmithcodesmithcoinsmithcoppersmithfangsmithfilesmithfingersmithframesmith

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smirksmitesmithereenssmock
smith — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto