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Craft

Craft Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Craft? [n] the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" [n] a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [n] shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [n] skill in an occupation or trade [n] people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade" [v] make by hand and with much skill Synonyms \| Synonyms for Craft: craftiness \| craftsmanship \| cunning \| foxiness \| guile \| slyness \| trade \| trade \| wiliness \| workmanship Related Terms \| Find terms related to Craft: ability \| acuteness \| address \| adeptness \| adroitness \| aeroplane \| aircraft \| airmanship \| animal cunning \| argosy \| art \| artful dodge \| artfulness \| artifice \| artisan work \| artisanship \| artistry \| astuteness \| bark \| blind \| boat \| bottom \| bravura \| brilliance \| bucket \| business \| cageyness \| callidity \| calling \| canniness \| capability \| capacity \| career \| career building \| careerism \| chicanery \| cleverness \| command \| competence \| conspiracy \| contrivance \| control \| coordination \| coup \| craftiness \| craftsmanship \| craftwork \| cunning \| cunningness \| cute trick \| deceit \| deceitfulness \| deftness \| design \| device \| deviousness \| dexterity \| dexterousness \| dextrousness \| diplomacy \| dodge \| duplicity \| efficiency \| expedient \| expertise \| expertness \| fabricate \| facility \| fakement \| falseheartedness \| falseness \| fashion \| feint \| fetch \| fine Italian hand \| finesse \| flair \| foxiness \| fraud \| furtiveness \| gambit \| game \| gamesmanship \| genius \| gimmick \| grace \| grift \| grip \| guile \| guilefulness \| handicraft \| handiness \| handiwork \| hooker \| horsemanship \| hovercraft \| hulk \| hull \| hypocrisy \| indirection \| industrial art \| industrial design \| ingeniousness \| ingenuity \| insidiousness \| intrigue \| inventiveness \| Italian hand \| job \| jugglery \| keel \| knavery \| know-how \| leviathan \| lifework \| line \| line of business \| line of work \| little game \| low cunning \| make \| maneuver \| manual art \| marksmanship \| mastership \| mastery \| mechanics \| mechanism \| metalcraft \| method \| metier \| mission \| move \| mystery \| number \| occupation \| one-upmanship \| packet \| pawkiness \| plane \| plot \| ploy \| practical ability \| practice \| profession \| proficiency \| prowess \| pursuit \| quickness \| racket \| readiness \| red herring \| resource \| resourcefulness \| rocket \| ruse \| satanic cunning \| savoir-faire \| savvy \| scheme \| science \| seamanship \| sharpness \| shift \| shiftiness \| ship \| shrewdness \| skill \| skillfulness \| sleight \| slickness \| slipperiness \| slyness \| sneak attack \| sneakiness \| sophistry \| spacecraft \| spaceship \| specialization \| specialty \| stealth \| stealthiness \| stonecraft \| stratagem \| strategy \| style \| subterfuge \| subtility \| subtilty \| subtleness \| subtlety \| suppleness \| surreptitiousness \| tact \| tactfulness \| tactic \| talent \| technic \| technical brilliance \| technical know-how \| technical knowledge \| technical mastery \| technical skill \| technics \| technique \| technology \| timing \| trade \| treacherousness \| trick \| trickery \| trickiness \| tub \| underhandedness \| vessel \| virtuosity \| vocation \| walk \| walk of life \| wariness \| watercraft \| wile \| wiles \| wiliness \| wily device \| wit \| wizardry \| woodcraft \| work \| workmanship See Also \| accomplishment \| acquirement \| acquisition \| aircraft \| airplane mechanics \| astuteness \| attainment \| auto mechanics \| ballistic capsule \| basketry \| bookbinding \| business \| carpentry \| class \| cobbling \| drafting \| dressmaking \| electrical work \| fashion \| forge \| ground-effect machine \| handcraft \| house painting \| housecraft \| hovercraft \| interior decoration \| interior design \| job \| landing craft \| line \| line of work \| lumbering \| masonry \| mechanical drawing \| occupation \| painting \| papermaking \| perspicaciousness \| perspicacity \| pilotage \| piloting \| plumbery \| plumbing \| pottery \| priestcraft \| pyrotechnics \| pyrotechny \| roofing \| sheet-metal work \| shingling \| shoe repairing \| shoemaking \| shrewdness \| skill \| social class \| socio-economic class \| space vehicle \| spacecraft \| stagecraft \| tailoring \| tool-and-die work \| tradecraft \| typography \| undertaking \| upholstery \| vehicle \| vessel \| watercraft \| watercraft \| winemaking \| woodcraft \| woodwork \| woodworking Craft In Webster's Dictionary \Craft\ (kr[.a]ft), n. [AS. cr[ae]ft 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.) 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. To play tricks; to practice artifice. [Obs.] You have crafted fair. --Shak.

Craft Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Craft?

[n] the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
[n] a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
[n] shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[n] skill in an occupation or trade
[n] people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
[v] make by hand and with much skill

Craft In Webster's Dictionary

\Craft\ (kr[.a]ft), n. [AS. cr[ae]ft 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.) 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.
To play tricks; to practice artifice. [Obs.]

      You have crafted fair.                   --Shak.

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