craft

craft
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noun
1 activity needing skill with your hands
ADJECTIVE
skilled

Sheep shearing is a highly skilled craft.

ancient, traditional
country, local, rural
VERB + CRAFT
practise/practice

The men practised various traditional crafts.

CRAFT + NOUN
activity, project, work
industry
worker
centre/center, exhibition, fair, show, workshop
shop (esp. BrE), store (esp. AmE)
skill
tradition
guild, union
foam, glue (AmE), knife
PHRASES
art and craft

Subjects taught include art and craft, drama, and languages.

arts and crafts

The gallery has major exhibitions of arts and crafts.

2 all the skills needed for an activity
VERB + CRAFT
hone, learn, master, perfect, study

It took her years to perfect her craft.

ply (esp. AmE)

comedians plying their craft for an agency

PHRASES
a master of your craft

a carpenter who is a real master of his craft

3 boat
ADJECTIVE
small
assault, fishing, landing, patrol, pleasure, river, sailing
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verb
Craft is used with these nouns as the object: ↑movie, ↑prose, ↑thriller

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  • Craft — (kr[.a]ft), n. [AS. cr[ae]ft 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.] 1. Strength; might; secret power. [Obs …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • craft´i|ly — craft|y «KRAF tee, KRAHF », adjective, craft|i|er, craft|i|est. 1. skillful in deceiving others; sly; tricky: »a crafty villain. The crafty fox lured the rabbit from its hole …   Useful english dictionary

  • craft|y — «KRAF tee, KRAHF », adjective, craft|i|er, craft|i|est. 1. skillful in deceiving others; sly; tricky: »a crafty villain. The crafty fox lured the rabbit from its hole …   Useful english dictionary

  • craft — [krɑːft ǁ kræft] noun [countable] JOBS a job or activity that takes a lot of skill, usually one in which you make things using your hands and special tools: • the blacksmith s craft • He learnt the film making craft at Pinewood studios …   Financial and business terms

  • craft — [n1] expertise, skill ability, adeptness, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, competence, cunning, dexterity, expertness, ingenuity, knack, know how*, proficiency, technique; concepts 409,706 craft [n2] deceit, scheme art, artfulness …   New thesaurus

  • craft — [kraft, kräft] n. [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”] 1. a… …   English World dictionary

  • Craft — Craft, v. t. To play tricks; to practice artifice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] You have crafted fair. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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