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CRAFT
trade, craft
(noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation; âhe learned his trade as an apprenticeâ
craft
(noun) a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
craft, craftsmanship, workmanship
(noun) skill in an occupation or trade
craft, trade
(noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; âhe represented the craft of brewersâ; âas they say in the tradeâ
craft
(verb) make by hand and with much skill; âThe artisan crafted a complicated toolâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
craft (countable and uncountable, plural craft or crafts)
(uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force [9th century].
(uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.
Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].
Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [13th century].
Synonyms: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
(obsolete) Occult art, magic [13th century].
(countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art [c. 1000].
(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts [20th century].
(countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment [13th century].
(countable, obsolete) Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the âseven liberal artsâ of the medieval universities [13th century].
(uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession [9th century].
Synonyms: craftsmanship, workmanship
(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].
Synonyms: art, trade, handicraft, business, profession
(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or âcompanyâ [15th century].
(countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].
(nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
(nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
(figurative) A woman.
(countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. [17th century].
Usage notes
The plural craft is used to refer to vehicles. All other senses use the plural crafts.
Verb
craft (third-person singular simple present crafts, present participle crafting, simple past and past participle crafted)
To make by hand and with much skill.
To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).
(video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
Anagrams
• fract
Proper noun
Craft
A surname.
Anagrams
• fract
Source: Wiktionary
Craft (krft), n. Etym: [AS. cr strength, skill, art, cunning; akin to OS., G., Sw., & Dan. kraft strength, D. kracht, Icel. kraptr; perh. originally, a drawing together, stretching, from the root of E. cramp.]
1. Strength; might; secret power. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Acts xix. 25. A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making. B. Jonson. Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, Has the craft of the smith been held in repute. Longfellow.
3. Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers. The control of trade passed from the merchant guilds to the new craft guilds. J. R. Green.
4. Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices. You have that crooked wisdom which is called craft. Hobbes. The chief priets and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mark xiv. 1.
5. (Naut.)
Definition: A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense. The evolutions of the numerous tiny craft moving over the lake. Prof. Wilson. Small crafts, small vessels, as sloops, schooners, ets.
Craft, v.t.
Definition: To play tricks; to practice artifice. [Obs.] You have crafted fair. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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