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craft¹
- /ˈkɹɑːft/ General South African, UK
- /ˈkɹäːft/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈkɹɐ̞ːft/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈkɹæft/ Canadian, US, Standard
Rhymes with -ɑːft, -æft
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”); further origin obscure.
Cognate with Dutch kracht (“strength, power, force”), German Kraft (“strength, power, force, energy, employee”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kraft (“strength, power, force”), Faroese and Icelandic kraftur (“strength”).
noun craft · crafts
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Strength; power; might; force .
By the craft of nature.
Similar: potence, strength, authority, disposition, craft, force, might, potency, power, virtue
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Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .
The Cyclôpes were Brontês, Steropês, and Argês,—formidable persons, equally distinguished for strength and for manual craft […]
Similar: technique, proficiency, ability, aptitude, capacity, craft, capability, competency, competence, cunning, dexterity, ease
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Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .
[…]and the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
Similar: technique, proficiency, ability, aptitude, capacity, craft, capability, competency, competence, cunning, dexterity, ease
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Occult art, magic .
Similar: technique, proficiency, ability, aptitude, capacity, craft, capability, competency, competence, cunning, dexterity, ease
- A work or product of art .
- Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts . [Canton] has a large export trade in hand-made crafts, ivory and furniture.
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A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .
For your entente I shall a craft devise […] That ye shall haue your purpose euery dele.
Similar: charm, talisman, dwimmer, hex, amulet, craft, fetish, juju, lucky charm, madstone, mascot, mojo
- Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities . […] Þe seuen craftes all he can […]
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Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
The craft of writing plays.
Similar: craftsmanship, workmanship
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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 .
The carpenter's craft.
Similar: art, trade, handicraft, business, profession
- 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 ‘company’ . She represented the craft of brewers.
- A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space . Thanks to British designer Ross Kemp, the world has been graced with a solar-powered watercraft that costs just a third of the price of your average powered water craft.
- 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. Quite near could also be seen several ancient wooden warships, and always a variety of craft slipping up and down the tideway.
- Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gunboats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
- A woman. “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
- Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. . And whereas the continual Interruption of the Courſe and Paſſage of the Fiſh up the Rivers, by the daily drawing of Seins and other Fiſh-Craft, tends to prevent their Increaſe,[…]
verb crafts · crafting · crafted
- To make by hand and with much skill.
- To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman). state crafting; the process of crafting global policing
- To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
Craft²
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, from the noun craft.
* Also as an English surname, from Croft in Leicestershire.
* As a German, Jewish, Danish, and Swedish surname, Americanized from Kraft.
proper noun Kraft
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wiliness, craftiness, cunning, slyness, guile, trade, craftsmanship, workmanship, foxiness, elaborate, boldness, pleasure, artfulness, tinkering, recreation, develop
Translations
Every language
noun skill in one's work
| Español | pericia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 職業 shokugyō |
| Português | habilidade, perícia |
| Deutsch | Handwerk |
| Italiano | abilità |
| Русский | уме́ние uménije, сноро́вка snoróvka, иску́сство iskússtvo |
noun cunning, shrewdness
| Português | engenhosidade |
|---|---|
| Français | ruse |
| Deutsch | Schlauheit, Durchtriebenheit, Gerissenheit |
| Русский | хи́трость xítrostʹ |
noun vehicle designed for navigation
| Español | nave |
|---|---|
| Português | nave |
| Français | nef |
| Deutsch | Fahrzeug, Lenkfahrzeug |
| Ελληνικά | σκάφος skáfos |
noun skilled practice of practical occupation
| Español | oficio |
|---|---|
| Português | arte, ofício |
| Français | métier |
| Deutsch | Handwerk |
| Italiano | mestiere |
| Русский | ремесло́ remesló |
| العربية | حِرْفَة ḥirfa, صَنْعَة ṣanʕa |
| עברית | אֻמָּנוּת umanút, מְלָאכָה m'lachá |
verb to make by hand
| Español | labrar, hacer a mano, confeccionar, elaborar, hacer manualidades |
|---|---|
| Português | confeccionar, manufaturar |
| Deutsch | handgemacht |
| Italiano | confezionare, creare |
| Română | a face de mână |
| Русский | мастерить masteritʹ, проявля́ть мастерство́ projavljátʹ masterstvó, изгота́вливать вручну́ю izgotávlivatʹ vručnúju |
verb to construct, develop like craftsman
| Español | construir, desarrollar, confeccionar |
|---|---|
| Português | construir, desenvolver |
| Italiano | costruire, sviluppare |
| Română | construi |
verb to combine different items to form a new one.
| Français | crafter |
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