Definitions for craft
kræft, krɑftcraft

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. trade, craftnoun

   the skilled practice of a practical occupation

   "he learned his trade as an apprentice"

2. craftnoun

   a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

3. craft, tradenoun

   people who perform a particular kind of skilled work

   "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"

4. craft, craftsmanship, workmanshipnoun

   skill in an occupation or trade

5. craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wilinessverb

   shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

6. craftverb

   make by hand and with much skill

   "The artisan crafted a complicated tool"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. craftnoun

   Strength; power; might.

2. craftnoun

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

3. craftnoun

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

4. craftnoun

   A device; a means; an art; art in general.

5. craftnoun

   The skilled practice of a practical occupation.

6. craftnoun

   The members of a trade collectively; guild.

   She represented the craft of brewers.

7. craftnoun

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

8. craftnoun

   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.

9. craftnoun

   Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.

10. craftverb

    To make by hand and with much skill.

11. craftverb

    To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman): "state crafting", "crafting global policing".

12. craftnoun

    A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.

13. craftnoun

    A particular kind of skilled work.

    He learned his craft as an apprentice.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Craftnoun

   strength; might; secret power

   Etymology: [AS. crft 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.]

2. Craftnoun

   art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade

   Etymology: [AS. crft 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.]

3. Craftnoun

   those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers

   Etymology: [AS. crft 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.]

4. Craftnoun

   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

   Etymology: [AS. crft 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.]

5. Craftnoun

   a vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense

   Etymology: [AS. crft 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.]

6. Craftverb

   to play tricks; to practice artifice

   Etymology: [AS. crft 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.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Craft

   A craft is a pastime or a profession that requires some particular kind of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly as pertinent to the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small-scale production of goods. The traditional terms craftsman and craftswoman are nowadays often replaced by artisan and rarely by craftsperson.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Craft

   kraft, n. cunning: artifice: dexterity: art: trade: occupation: small ships.—v.i. to exercise one's craft (Shak., Cor., IV. vi. 118).—adv. Craft′ily.—n. Craft′iness.—adj. Craft′less, free from craft.—ns. Crafts′man, one engaged in a craft; Crafts′manship, Craft′manship; Crafts′master, one skilled in a craft.—adj. Craft′y, having skill: cunning: deceitful. [A.S. cræft; Ger. kraft, power.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. craft

   [from the Anglo-Saxon word cræft, a trading vessel]. It is now a general name for lighters, hoys, barges, &c., employed to load or land any goods or stores.--Small craft. The small vessels of war attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, gunboats, &c., generally commanded by lieutenants. Craft is also a term in sea-phraseology for every kind of vessel, especially for a favourite ship. Also, all manner of nets, lines, hooks, &c., used in fishing.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. craft

   A type of vehicle.

   They did use the craft on the waterways regularly.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 22, 2020  

2. craft

   The act and process of being creative.

   There are various craft shops that sell a wide range of products to be creative with.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

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Matched Categories

1. • Fashion
   • Skill
   • Vehicle

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'craft' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4466

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'craft' in Nouns Frequency: #1562

How to pronounce craft?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of craft in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of craft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of craft in a Sentence

1. Dave Burwick:

   United, Dogfish Head shareholders will have the highest quality, most distinct, high-end portfolio, from both a price-point and product perspective with the top-ranked sales organization to bring it to market, dogfish Head shareholders expect that Dogfish Head shareholders'll see more consolidation in the craft industry over time, and Dogfish Head shareholders'll be in the best position to take advantage of those changes.

2. Jackie Jackson:

   He was a family man. He loved kids around the world. He wanted to be the best at his craft. His music lives on.

3. Jean de La Bruyère:

   Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

4. Thaddeus Young:

   I'm always ready to play, i just put my head down and make sure I put my time into my craft, and trust my work each and every day.

5. Jonny Kim:

   You can be born with bad cards. You don't need to have it all. But you have a choice and the power to craft your own destiny, your own path.

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