craft

noun

(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 .

(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .

(uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .

(uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.

Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .

(countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .

(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.

(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 ‘company’ .

Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .

(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. .

(nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gunboats, generally commanded by lieutenants.

A surname.

(uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force .

(obsolete) Occult art, magic .

(countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art .

(countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .

(countable, obsolete) Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .

verb

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.

Synonyms for craft

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