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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/#m1)

2) Smith is one of the most common family names in English-speaking countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/#x1)
- My best friend's surname is Smith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/#x2)
- A locksmith helped us when we lost our key. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/#x3)
- The goldsmith made a beautiful ring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/#x4)
- In the old village, the smith worked next to the inn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/#x5)
- Jamie Smith is in my class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/#x6)
- So the smith forged her two iron teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smith» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smith/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.