craft

craft

 (krăft)

n.

1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency. See Synonyms at skill.

2. Skill in evasion or deception; guile.

3.

a. An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.

b. The practitioners of such an occupation or trade considered as a group.

4. pl. craft A boat, ship, aircraft, or spacecraft.

5. crafts Items made by craftspeople.

tr.v. craft·ed, craft·ing, crafts

To make or construct (something) with care or ingenuity.

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[Middle English, from Old English cræft.]

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craft′er n.

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craft

(krɑːft)

n

1. skill or ability, esp in handiwork

2. skill in deception and trickery; guile; cunning

3. (Crafts) an occupation or trade requiring special skill, esp manual dexterity

4. (Crafts)

a. the members of such a trade, regarded collectively

b. (as modifier): a craft guild.

5. (Nautical Terms) a single vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft

6. (Aeronautics) a single vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft

7. (Astronautics) a single vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft

8. (Nautical Terms) (functioning as plural) ships, boats, aircraft, or spacecraft collectively

vb

(tr) to make or fashion with skill, esp by hand

[Old English cræft skill, strength; related to Old Norse kraptr power, skill, Old High German kraft]

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craft

(kræft, krɑft)

n., pl. crafts, for 5,8, craft, n.

1. an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, esp. manual skill.

2. skill; dexterity.

3. cunning; deceit.

4. the membership of a guild.

5. a ship or other vessel.

6. a number of ships or other vessels taken as a whole.

7. an aircraft.

8. aircraft collectively.

v.t.

9. to make or manufacture (an object or objects) with great skill and care.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English cræft strength, skill, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon kraft, Old High German chraft, Old Norse kraptr]

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Craft

 vessels collectively, 1671; a brotherhood of freemasons, 1430; those engaged in a craft or trade, 1362.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

craft

A craft is an activity such as weaving, carving, or pottery that involves making things skilfully by hand, often in a traditional way. When craft has this meaning, its plural form is crafts.

It's a pity to see the old crafts dying out.

A craft is also a vehicle such as a boat, hovercraft, or submarine that carries people or things on or under water. When craft has this meaning, its plural form is craft.

There were eight destroyers and fifty smaller craft.

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craft

Past participle: crafted
Gerund: crafting

Imperative

craft

craft

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	craft - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" trade job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" airplane mechanics - the craft of building and repairing airplanes auto mechanics - the craft of building and repairing automobiles basketry - the craft of basket making carpentry, woodworking, woodwork - the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood drafting, mechanical drawing - the craft of drawing blueprints dressmaking - the craft of making dresses electrical work - the craft of an electrician interior design, interior decoration - the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior lumbering - the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber masonry - the craft of a mason oculism - the craft of an oculist house painting, painting - the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew" papermaking - the craft of making paper pilotage, piloting - the occupation of a pilot plumbery, plumbing - the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) pottery - the craft of making earthenware pyrotechny, pyrotechnics - the craft of making fireworks cobbling, shoe repairing, shoemaking - the shoemaker's trade roofing - the craft of a roofer sheet-metal work - the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) shingling - the laying on of shingles; "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry" tailoring - the occupation of a tailor tool-and-die work - the craft of making special tools and dies handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands mintage - act or process of minting coins tanning - making leather from rawhide typography - the craft of composing type and printing from it undertaking - the trade of a funeral director upholstery - the craft of upholstering wine making, winemaking - the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine
	2.	craft - a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space aircraft - a vehicle that can fly ground-effect machine, hovercraft - a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines landing craft - naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft - a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects vessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation
	3.	craft - people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade" trade social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
	4.	craft - skill in an occupation or trade   craftsmanship, workmanship acquirement, skill, accomplishment, attainment, acquisition - an ability that has been acquired by training housecraft - skill in domestic management priestcraft - the skills involved in the work of a priest stagecraft - skill in writing or staging plays tradecraft - skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage; "instructional designers are trained in something that might be called tradecraft"; "the CIA chief of station accepted responsibility for his agents' failures of tradecraft" watercraft - skill in the management of boats woodcraft - skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
	5.	craft - shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
Verb	1.	craft - make by hand and with much skill; "The artisan crafted a complicated tool" fashion, forge - make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" handcraft - make something by hand; "We handcraft all our paper" filigree - make filigree, as with a precious metal

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craft

noun

1. vessel, boat, ship, plane, aircraft, spacecraft, barque Cannabis smuggling by small craft to remote sites is rising.

2. occupation, work, calling, business, line, trade, employment, pursuit, vocation, handiwork, handicraft All kinds of traditional crafts are preserved here.

3. skill, art, ability, technique, know-how (informal), expertise, knack, aptitude, artistry, dexterity, workmanship, expertness Lilyanne learned her craft of cooking from her grandmother.

4. cunning, ingenuity, guile, cleverness, scheme, subtlety, deceit, ruse, artifice, trickery, wiles, duplicity, subterfuge, contrivance, shrewdness, artfulness They defeated their enemies through craft and cunning.

Crafts

basketry or basket-making, batik, calligraphy, ceramics, cloisonnage, crewelwork, crochet, decoupage, dressmaking, embroidery, flower arranging, knitting, knotwork, macramé, needlepoint, patchwork, pottery, quilling, quilting, raffia work, sewing, spinning, sugarcraft, tapestry, weaving, wickerwork

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craft

noun

1. Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity:

ability, adeptness, art, command, expertise, expertness, knack, mastery, proficiency, skill, technique.

Informal: know-how.

2. Deceitful cleverness:

art, artfulness, artifice, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness.

3. Lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action:

chicanery, craftiness, deviousness, dishonesty, indirection, shadiness, shiftiness, slyness, sneakiness, trickery, trickiness, underhandedness.

4. Activity pursued as a livelihood:

art, business, calling, career, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work.

Slang: racket.

Archaic: employ.

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Translations

حِرْفَـه يَدَوِيَّـهزَوْرَقمَرْكَبمَكْـر، خِداع

dovednostlestletounlstivostplavidlo

håndværkkunsthåndværklistfartøj

HandwerkKunstListFahrzeug

χειροτεχνία

oficioembarcaciónnavearteartesanía

käsityö

métierruseembarcation

plovilo

mesterség

bátur; skipkunnátta; handverk, listiînslægî

aeroplanoarteartigianaleartigianatoastuzia

熟練職業

공예

amatasgudrybėsuktaisuktassuktumas

amatsarodskrāpšanakuģislaiva

schip

håndverkkunsthåndverk

rzemiosło

artesanato

искусствотранспорт

plavidlo

obrt

hantverk

ยานพาหนะ

dalavereel sanatıhilehünersanat

tàu

工艺手腕船诡计

craft

[krɑːft]

A. N

1. (= trade) → oficio m

2. (= no pl, skill) → destreza f, habilidad f

3. (= handicraft) → artesanía f
arts and crafts → artesanías fpl

4. (pej) (= cunning) → astucia f, maña f

5. (= boat) (pl inv) → barco m, embarcación f

B. VT → hacer (a mano)
crafted products → productos mpl de artesanía

C. CPD craft fair N → feria f de artesanía
craft union N → sindicato m de obreros especializados
craft work N → artesanía f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

craft

[ˈkrɑːft]

n

(= work) [potter, weaver, wood carver] → métier m, métier m artisanal; [writer, artist] → art m

(= skilfulness) → habileté f

(= school subject) → travaux mpl manuels
We do craft at school → Nous avons des cours de travaux manuels à l'école.

(= boat) → embarcation f

(= cunning) → ruse f, astuce f

modif [teacher] → de travaux manuels; [festival] → d'artisanat craft centrecraft centre n → centre m artisanalcraft fair n → exposition-vente f d'artisanat

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

craft

n

(= handicraft) → Kunsthandwerk nt; (as trade) → Kunstgewerbe nt; (= trade) → Handwerk nt, → Gewerbe nt; it’s a real craft → das ist eine echte Kunst ? art¹

(= guild) → (Handwerker)innung f, → (Handwerks)zunft f (Hist)

no pl (= skill) → Kunst f

no pl (= cunning) → List f; to obtain something by craft → sich (dat) → etw erlisten, etw durch List bekommen

pl <craft> (= boat) → Boot nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

craft

[krɑːft] n

a. (handicraft) → artigianato; (art) → arte f, mestiere m; (profession) → mestiere (fig) (skill) → abilità, maestria

b. (cunning) (pej) → furbizia, astuzia

c. (boat, pl inv) → barca, imbarcazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

craft

(kraːft) noun

1. an art or skill. the craft of wood-carving. kuns حِرْفَـه يَدَوِيَّـه занаят arte dovednost, umění die Kunst håndværk; kunsthåndværk τέχνηarte; oficio oskus مهارت؛ هنرمندی taito métierאומנות कला या कौशल umjetnost, vještina mesterség seni kunnátta; handverk, listiðn arte 技術 조각 amatas, menas, sugebėjimas amats; arods seni handwerkhåndverk; dyktighetsztuka, rzemiosło مهارت، پوه arte meşteşug ремесло umenie spretnost zanat skicklighet, hantverk, yrke, konst งานศิลปะที่ต้องทำด้วยมือ; ฝีมือ sanat, hüner, ustalık 工藝 ремесло; умілість فن، حرفت nghề thủ công 工艺

2. (plural craft) a boat or ship. sailing craft. kuns زَوْرَق кораб barco plavidlo das Fahrzeug fartøj σκάφοςbarco, embarcación veesõiduk کشتی؛ قایق alus embarcationספינה शिल्पकला, हस्तकला plovilo, brod hajó kapal bátur; skip imbarcazione 船, 航空機 선박 laivas, lėktuvas kuģis; laiva bot atau kapal bootfartøyłódź, statek کښتی barco ambarcaţiune судно plavidlo ladja brod fartyg, skuta, båt เรือ tekne 船 судно جهاز يا كشتى thuyền 船

3. cunning or trickery. craft and deceit. geslepenheid مَكْـر، خِداع лукавство manha lstivost, lest die List list πονηριάastucia kavalus حیله گری؛ فریب juonikkuus ruseערמה चालाकी trik fortély cerdik slægð astuzia 策略 교활함 gudrybė, apgavystė viltība; krāpšana licik sluwheidlist przebiegłość چل، فریب manha şire­te­nie хитрость úskok zvijača lukavstvo list, slughet ทักษะการโกง dalavere, hile 手腕，詭計 хитрість; обман عيارى، چالاكى mánh khóe 诡计，手腕

ˈcrafty adjective

cunning and sly. slim, slu مُخادِع، مُراوِغ лукав manhoso lstivý listig udspekuleret; snu; dreven; listig πονηρόςastuto salakaval مکار؛ حقه باز juonikas ruséערמומי चालाक, फरेबी lukav ravasz licik slóttugur astuto 悪賢い 교활한 gudrus, suktas viltīgs; manīgs; izveicīgs licik sluwlistig, slu, utspekulertprzebiegły ټګمار manhoso şiret хитрый ľstivý premeten lukav listig, slug, slipad ที่ทำเล่ห์เหลี่ยมหลอกลวง düzenbaz, hilekâr 詭計多端的 хитрий; вправний فريبى، عيار láu cá 狡猾的

ˈcraftily adverb

vernuftig بِمُخادَعَـه، بِمُراوَغَـه хитро manhosamente lstivě listig udspekuleret; listigt; drevent πονηράastutamente salakavalalt حیله گرانه juonikkaasti avec ruse בְּעַרמומִיוּת चालाकी से lukavo ravaszul dengan licik lymskulega con astuzia ずるく 교활하게 gudriai, suktai ar viltu; ar krāpšanu dengan licik sluwlistig, utspekulert przebiegle ټګماری سره manhosamente cu şiretenie обманный путём ľstivo premeteno lukav listigt อย่างมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม kurnazca, şeytanca 詭計多端地 хитро; вправно عيارى س‍ے một cách láu cá 狡猾地

ˈcraftiness noun

slimheid, geslepenheid مُخادَعَه، مُراوَغَـه хитрина manha lstivost die List, die Schlauheit udspekulerethed; listighed; drevenhed πονηριάastucia salakavalus مکر؛ حیله juonikkuus ruseערמה चालाकी lukavost fortély(osság) kecerdikan lymska astuzia ずるさ 교활 gudrumas, suktumas viltība; veiklība kelicikan sluwheidlistighet, sluhet przebiegłość ټګ، بانه ، حیله manha şiretenie хитрость ľstivosť premetenost lukavstvo list, slughet ความมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม kurnazlık, hilekârlık 詭計多端 хитрість; вправність عيارى sự láu cá 狡猾

ˈcraftsman (ˈkraːftsmən) noun

a person skilled at making things (especially by hand). vakman صانِع، صاحِب حِرْفَه يَدَويّه занаятчия artífice řemeslník, mistr, umělec der (Kunst-)Handwerker håndværker; kunsthåndværker τεχνίτης, δεξιοτέχνηςartesano käsitööline هنرور؛ صنعتگر käsityöläinen artisan/-ane אומן कारीगर, शिल्पकार, दस्तकार zanatlija mesterember pengrajin handverksmaður artigiano 職人 장인 meistras, menininkas, amatininkas amatnieks; meistars kebolehan handwerksman, vakmanhåndverker; dyktig fagpersonrzemieślnik کسبکار artífice meşteşugar, meseriaş ремесленник remeselník rokodelec zanatlija hantverkare, [skicklig] yrkesman, konstnär ช่างฝีมือ sanatkâr 工匠 майстер, ремісник دستكار thợ thủ công 工匠

ˈcraftsmanship (ˈkraːfts-) noun

vakmanskap مَهارَة الصَّنْعَـه أو الحِرْفَـه майсторство perícia dovednost, umění, řemeslnost die Kunstfertigkeit håndværk; kunsthåndværk δεξιοτεχνίαartesanía töömeisterlikkus هنروری؛ استادی ammattitaito métierאומנות शिल्पकारिता zanatstvo mesteri munka ketrampilan verkkunnátta maestria 技能 (장인의) 기능 meistriškumas meistarība; prasme kepakaran vakmanschap håndverksmessig/faglig dyktighet mistrzostwo استادی perfeição măiestrie мастерство zručnosť rokodelstvo zanatstvo hantverks-, yrkesskicklighet ฝีมือ sanatkârlık, ustalık 手藝 майстерність دستكارى sự lành nghề 工匠技艺

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craft

→ مَرْكَب letoun håndværk Handwerk χειροτεχνία nave, oficio käsityö métier plovilo velivoli e imbarcazioni 熟練職業 공예 schip håndverk rzemiosło artesanato транспорт hantverk ยานพาหนะ el sanatı tàu 工艺

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