smith — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

black, elderly, engaged, english, excellent, famous, late, long

The famous smith crafted intricate iron gates for the castle.

VERB + SMITH

cleaned, conjoined, founded, met, name, say, told

I met Smith at the conference last year and we've stayed in touch ever since.

SMITH + NOUN

church, doctor, painter, surname, television, years

The blacksmith worked at the forge for many years before retiring.

PREP.

in, through, up

The blacksmith worked up a sweat hammering the hot metal into shape.

ADV.

actively, already

The blacksmith was already working at his forge when we arrived at dawn.

Definitions

noun

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.

The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining.

2

One who makes anything; wright.

3

An artist.

verb

1

To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

Sigurd took the very best sword That the Dwarfs had ever smithed.

name

1

An English surname originating as an occupation (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).

Patingham selmonger, who, as it was reported, reneuced the Arians opinion before he dyed. The xvi. daye were burned [at the stake], at Staines. Robert Smith[,] painter, who in the tyme of his imprisonment, wrate byuers thinges in Metre, which were after put in print. At Stortford Stephan Harwoode Alebruer. And at Ware Thomas Fuſſe Jerkenmaker.

This ſyſtem, as it was much eſteemed by many antient fathers of the chriſtian church, ſo after the reformation it was adopted by feveral divines of the moſt eminent piety and learning and of the moſt amiable manners; particularly, by Dr. Ralph Cudworth, by Dr. Henry More, and by Mr. John Smith of Cambridge.

2

A male given name transferred from the surname.

3

Several places in the United States:

4

Several places in the United States:

5

Several places in the United States:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it

metalworker

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining.

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02

Sigurd took the very best sword That the Dwarfs had ever smithed.

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03

Patingham selmonger, who, as it was reported, reneuced the Arians opinion before he dyed. The xvi. daye were burned [at the stake], at Staines. Robert Smith[,] painter, who in the tyme of his imprison

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04

This ſyſtem, as it was much eſteemed by many antient fathers of the chriſtian church, ſo after the reformation it was adopted by feveral divines of the moſt eminent piety and learning and of the moſt

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05

John is a most excellent name, and Smith is a surname which is worthy of respect and honor, but wo to the man on whom they are conjoined! For John Smith to aspire to senatorial dignities or to the lau

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06

Smith has spent years studying the effects of sleep and sleep loss on memory and learning.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, smith is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.