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Noun: craft  krãft
  1. The skilled practice of a practical occupation
    "he learned his craft as an apprentice";
    - trade
     
  2. Skill in an occupation or trade
    "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass production";
    - craftsmanship, workmanship
     
  3. People who perform a particular kind of skilled work
    "he represented the craft of brewers";
    - trade
     
  4. A vehicle for travel on water, in air, or in space
    "The fishing craft returned to harbour"
     
  5. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
    "His craft in business dealings made him both admired and feared";
    - craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
Verb: craft  krãft
  1. Make by hand and with much skill
    "The artisan crafted a complicated tool"
     
  2. Construct something skilfully
    "The writer carefully crafted each sentence"; "They crafted a strategy to win the election"

Sounds like: kraft

Derived forms: crafted, crafting, crafts

Type of: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, astuteness, attainment, business, class, fashion, forge, job, line, line of work, occupation, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness, skill, social class, socio-economic class, stratum, vehicle

Encyclopedia: Craft, Martin