craft

/kɹɑːft//kɹæft/

noun

  1. 1

    Strength; power; might; force .

  2. 2

    Intellectual power; skill; art.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

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

    The craft of writing plays.
  7. 7

    (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 .

    He learned his craft as an apprentice.
  8. 8

    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.
  9. 9

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

  10. 10

    Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .

verb

  1. 1

    To make by hand and with much skill.

  2. 2

    To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).

    state crafting; the process of crafting global policing
  3. 3

    To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.

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