Craft

Quick meaning: Craft is a noun meaning (uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force .

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.
2. (countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art .
3. (countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .
4. (uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
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. (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’ .
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 .

Example Sentences

The carpenter's craft.

By the craft of nature.

The craft of writing plays.

[…] Þe seuen craftes all he can […]

Word Forms

• crafts
• crafting
• crafted

Synonyms for craft

Depending on context, synonyms include potence, strength, authority, disposition, force, might.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wiliness, craftiness, cunning, slyness, guile, trade.

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