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craft.

Strength; power; might; force .

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɹɑːft/General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɹäːft/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈkɹɐ̞ːft/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈkɹæft/Canadian, General-American, Standard
  1. Strength; power; might; force .

    obsolete · uncountable
  2. Intellectual power; skill; art. Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .

    countable · uncountable
  3. Intellectual power; skill; art. Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .

    countable · uncountable
  4. Intellectual power; skill; art. Occult art, magic .

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  5. A work or product of art .

    countable · obsolete
  6. A work or product of art . Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .

    collective · countable · obsolete · plural · uncountable
  7. A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .

    countable · obsolete
  8. Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .

    countable · obsolete
  9. Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .

    uncountable
    The craft of writing plays.
  10. 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 .

    countable · plural
    The carpenter's craft.
    He learned his craft as an apprentice.
  11. 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’ .

    countable
    She represented the craft of brewers.
  12. A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .

    countable
  13. A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space . Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.

    countable · uncountable
  14. A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space . Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gunboats, generally commanded by lieutenants.

    British-Royal-Navy · countable · uncountable
  15. A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space . A woman.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
  16. Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .

    countable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft Inherited from Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”); further origin obscure. Cognate with Dutch kracht (“strength, power, force”), German Kraft (“strength, power, force, energy, employee”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kraft (“strength, power, force”), Faroese and Icelandic kraftur (“strength”).

verb/ˈkɹɑːft/General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɹäːft/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈkɹɐ̞ːft/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈkɹæft/Canadian, General-American, Standard
  1. To make by hand and with much skill.

  2. To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).

  3. To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft Inherited from Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”); further origin obscure. Cognate with Dutch kracht (“strength, power, force”), German Kraft (“strength, power, force, energy, employee”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kraft (“strength, power, force”), Faroese and Icelandic kraftur (“strength”).

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