smith
NounUS[smith]/smɪθ/1 syllable
Synonyms:
Ian SmithIan Douglas SmithDavid SmithDavid Roland SmithKate SmithKathryn Elizabeth SmithJulia Evelina SmithBessie SmithJoseph SmithJohn SmithCaptain John SmithAdam Smith
Open English WordNet
Noun (10)smiths
- Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)Synonyms: Ian SmithIan Douglas SmithInstance of solon, national leader
- United States sculptor (1906-1965)Synonyms: David SmithDavid Roland SmithInstance of sculptor, sculpturer
- United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)Synonyms: Kate SmithKathryn Elizabeth SmithInstance of singer, vocalist
- United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)Synonyms: Julia Evelina SmithInstance of suffragist
- United States blues singer (1894-1937)Synonyms: Bessie SmithInstance of singer, vocalist
- religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844)Synonyms: Joseph SmithInstance of Mormon, Latter-day Saint
- English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)Synonyms: John SmithCaptain John Smith
- Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)Synonyms: Adam Smith
- someone who works at something specified
- someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)Synonyms: metalworker
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Translations
Noun craftsperson who works metal
- Spanish
- forjador
- French
- forgeron
- German
- Schmied
- Italian
- fabbro
- Portuguese
- ferreiro
- Turkish
- demirci
- Russian
- кузне́ц kuznéc
- Arabic
- حَدَّاد ḥaddād
- Chinese
- 铁匠 tiějiàng
- Japanese
- 鍛冶屋 kajiya
30 more languages
- Dutch
- smid
- Polish
- kowal
- Swedish
- smed
- Greek
- σιδηρουργός sidirourgós
- Korean
- 대장장이 daejangjang'i
- Hungarian
- kovács
- Portuguese (PT)
- ferreiro
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 鐵匠 tiějiàng
- Albanian
- farkëtar
- Breton
- gov
- Catalan
- ferrer
- Czech
- kovář
- Danish
- smed
- Esperanto
- forĝisto
- Estonian
- sepp
- Finnish
- seppä
- Georgian
- მჭედელი mč̣edeli
- Hebrew
- נַפָּח nappāḥ
- Icelandic
- smiður
- Latvian
- kalvis
- Malagasy
- tamby
- Norwegian
- smed
- Romanian
- făurar
- Scottish Gaelic
- gobha
- Serbo-Croatian
- kovač
- Slovak
- kováč
- Slovenian
- kovač
- Swahili
- mfua
- Welsh
- gof
- Yiddish
- שמיד shmid
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Smith (smĭth), noun
Origin: AS. smið; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smiðr, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smiþa (in comp.); cf. Gr. σμίλη a sort of knife, σμινύη a hoe, mattock.
1. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Vision of Piers Plowman
Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.— Nahum Tate
2. One who makes or effects anything. rare John Dryden
Smith transitive verb
Origin: AS. smiðian. See Smith, noun
To beat into shape; to forge. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer
What smith that any [weapon] smitheth.— Vision of Piers Plowman
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54