craft

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Synonyms: draft, graft, croft, raft, crat, cruft, kraft, chaft, craf, yraft, caft

Antonyms: draft, graft, croft, raft, crat, cruft, kraft, chaft, craf, yraft, caft

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable|obsolete}} [[strength|Strength]]; [[power]]; [[might]]; [[force]] {{defdate|9th century}}.
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[intellectual|Intellectual]] power; [[skill]]; [[art]].
3. {{lb|en|countable|obsolete in the general sense}} A work or [[product]] of art {{defdate|c. 1000}}.
4. {{lb|en|countable|obsolete}} A [[device]], a [[means]]; a [[magical]] device, [[spell]] or [[enchantment]] {{defdate|13th century}}.
5. {{lb|en|countable|obsolete}} [[learning|Learning]] of the schools, [[scholarship]]; a branch of [[learning]] or [[knowledge]], a [[science]], especially one of the ‘seven [[liberal arts]]’ of the [[medieval]] [[university|universities]] {{defdate|13th century}}.
6. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular [[profession]] {{defdate|9th century}}.
7. {{senseid|en|skilled practice of practical occupation}} {{lb|en|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]] {{defdate|since the 9th century}}.
8. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[trade]] or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the [[member]]s of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's [[union]], [[guild]], or ‘[[company]]’ {{defdate|15th century}}.
9. {{lb|en|countable|plural '''craft'''}} A [[vehicle]] designed for [[navigation]] in or on [[water]] or [[air]] or through [[outer space]] {{defdate|since the 17th century}}.
10. {{lb|en|countable|fishing}} [[implement|Implement]]s used in catching [[fish]], such as [[net]], [[line]], or [[hook]]. Modern use primarily in [[whaling]], as in [[harpoon]]s, [[hand-lance]]s, etc. {{defdate|17th century}}.

Verb

1. To make [[by hand]] and with much [[skill]].
2. To [[construct]], [[develop]] something (like a [[skill]]ed [[craftsman]]).
3. {{lb|en|video games}} To [[combine]] multiple [[item]]s to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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