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craft

[ kraft, krahft ]

noun

plural crafts craft.
  1. an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:

    the craft of a mason.

  2. skill; dexterity:

    The silversmith worked with great craft.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. skill or ability used for bad purposes; cunning; deceit; guile.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  4. the members of a trade or profession collectively; a guild.
  5. a ship or other vessel.
  6. a number of ships or other vessels taken as a whole:

    The craft were warned of possible heavy squalls.

  7. aircraft collectively.
  8. a single aircraft.


adjective

  1. noting or relating to a food or other product made with special skill, especially manual skill:

    craft beer; craft coffee; a line of craft furniture.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make or manufacture (an object or product) with skill and careful attention to detail.

craft

/ ɑːڳ /

noun

  1. skill or ability, esp in handiwork
  2. skill in deception and trickery; guile; cunning
  3. an occupation or trade requiring special skill, esp manual dexterity
    1. the members of such a trade, regarded collectively
    2. ( as modifier )

      a craft guild

  4. a single vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft
  5. functioning as plural ships, boats, aircraft, or spacecraft collectively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make or fashion with skill, esp by hand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of craft1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English æڳ “strength, skill”; cognate with German Kraft, Dutch kracht, Old Norse kraptr
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of craft1

Old English æڳ skill, strength; related to Old Norse kraptr power, skill, Old High German kraft
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Synonym Study

See cunning.
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Shannon laudably offers no easy solutions, although his sincerely crafted dead end feels insufficient in its own way.

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Some tycoons have crafted named benefices: the Broad and David Geffen foundations, for example.

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The team is made up of roughly a dozen employees — people mostly in their 20s and 30s from outside politics — who work out of the White House and are given wide leeway to craft content.

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The Office of the US Trade Representative, as it prepared to craft recommendations, identified the countries in which it was "particularly interested".

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We have a trade deficit with Canada, under a trade agreement he crafted in his first term.

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