to smith

Examples

• All

• 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.

  Girl 6 (1996)

• "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.

• After years of practice, she could smith intricate designs in iron.

Synonyms

F

to forge

vsto smith

47 4.6

To shape metal by heating and hammering or to make something with effort

focuses on traditional heating and hammering methods rather than broader creation

S

to swage

vsto smith

• Specialized

9.9

To shape metal by hammering or pressing its end to fit

uses general heating and hammering methods rather than a specific tooling process

H

to hot-work

vsto smith

• Specialized

7.9

To shape metal by heating it and then hammering or pressing it while hot

focuses on heating and hammering using traditional methods, not any hot working process

Antonyms

D

to destroy

∞ 1.0

Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed

Compounds

G

Granny Smith

4 2.9

A green apple with crisp, tart flesh people often put in pies and salads

W

Wayland the Smith

• Literature

9.9

A blacksmith and king of the elves in old European stories who makes magical weapons

How Forceful

to hammer

198 1.6

to smith

1 7.3

tap

66 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology