Craft

/ˈkɹɑːft/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force ..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force .
2. (uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.
3. (countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art .
4. (countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .
5. (countable, obsolete) Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .
6. (uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
7. (countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .
8. (countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .

Example Sentences

By the craft of nature.

For your entente I shall a craft devise […] That ye shall haue your purpose euery dele.

[…] Þe seuen craftes all he can […]

The craft of writing plays.

A poem […] is the work of the poet; the end and fruit of his labour and study. Poesy is his skill or craft of making; the very fiction itself, the reason or form of the work.

It is counted […] good workmanship in a Joyner, to have the craft of bearing his hand so curiously even, the whole length of a long Board.

The carpenter's craft.

He learned his craft as an apprentice.

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Antonyms for craft

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Word Forms

• craft
• crafts
• crafting
• crafted

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