craft
craft definition
craft (kraft, kräft)
noun
- a special skill, art, or dexterity
- an occupation or avocation requiring special skills, especially manual ones, including carpentry, sewing, pottery, etc.
- the members of a skilled trade
- skill in deceiving or underhanded planning; guile; slyness
- pl. craft
Etymology: prob. < phr. vessels of small craft, lit. of small power
a boat, ship, or aircraft
Etymology: ME < OE cræft, strength, power; akin to Ger kraft, strength, force (sense “skill” only in E) < IE *grep- < base *ger-, to twist, turn (see cradle): basic sense “cramping of muscles during exertion of strength”
transitive verb
to make with skill, artistry, or precision: usually in pp.
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