smith

«smith» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who makes and shapes things out of metal… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a smith, smiths); also a common family name (Smith)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who makes and shapes things out of metal, especially iron (a blacksmith) or gold (a goldsmith). tree →

2) Smith is one of the most common family names in English-speaking countries. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, the village blacksmith made horseshoes, tools and nails at a hot forge. Many surnames come from old jobs, and Smith is the commonest. Other words with "-smith": goldsmith, silversmith, locksmith, wordsmith. Phrases: blacksmith, locksmith, goldsmith.

examples

• The smith hammered the hot iron into a horseshoe. tree →
• My best friend's surname is Smith. tree →
• A locksmith helped us when we lost our key. tree →
• The goldsmith made a beautiful ring. tree →
• In the old village, the smith worked next to the inn. tree →
• Jamie Smith is in my class. tree →
• So the smith forged her two iron teeth. tree →

note

Countable: a smith, smiths. As a name it needs a capital S. On its own "smith" is old-fashioned; people usually say "blacksmith" or another -smith word. A "wordsmith" is a person who is good with words.

In the corpora

• Every Granny Smith tree comes from one seedling found in Australia around 1868 by Maria Ann Smith.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «smith» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.