to smith
- verb
- /smɪθ/
- He learned to smith horseshoes in his father's workshop.
Examples
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We had done well, smithing in London, and I had a purse of good Roman coins for the first time in my life.
Fiction book (1991) -
Granny smiths.
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"Maybe we can teach her to smith.
Fiction book (1991) -
Better find yourself a good recipe for black powder and learn to smith a good flintlock.
Blog text (10) -
The main craft industry in the area was iron smelting and smithing.
Academic text (1998) -
When Myrddin came back and we began smithing again, there seemed to be no reason to discuss this, so we didn't.
Fiction book (1991) -
The blacksmith would smith beautiful ornaments from molten metal.
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After years of practice, she could smith intricate designs in iron.
Synonyms
To shape metal by heating and hammering or to make something with effort
To shape metal by hammering or pressing its end to fit
To shape metal by heating it and then hammering or pressing it while hot
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A blacksmith and king of the elves in old European stories who makes magical weapons
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smith as a verb comes from the same old root smið meaning 'to strike', so to smith is to heat metal and hit it to make or shape things.