smelt
/smɛlt/ verb C2- To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
He/she/it smelts · Past smelted · Past participle smelted · -ing form smelting
Verb forms
- Base form
- smelt
- He/she/it
- smelts
- Past
- smelted
- Past participle
- smelted
- -ing form
- smelting
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The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could.
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