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21craft — [[t]krɑ͟ːft, kræ̱ft[/t]] ♦♦♦ crafts, crafting, crafted (craft is both the singular and the plural form for meaning 1.) 1) N COUNT You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft. → See also landing craft With great difficulty,… …
22craft — I UK [krɑːft] / US [kræft] noun Word forms craft : singular craft plural crafts ** 1) a) [countable] a traditional skill of making things by hand, for example furniture or jewellery the promotion of traditional Egyptian arts and crafts skilled… …
23craft — n. occupation 1) to ply, practice a craft 2) to learn, master a craft boat 3) a landing craft 4) (in plural) small craft * * * [krɑːft] master a craft practice a craft (in plural) small craft [ boat ] a landing craft [ occupation ] to ply to… …
24craft — craft1 [ kræft ] noun ** 1. ) count a traditional skill of making things by hand, for example furniture or jewelry: the promotion of traditional Egyptian arts and crafts skilled craft workers a ) usually plural something produced skillfully by… …
25craft — craft1 S3 [kra:ft US kræft] n [: Old English; Origin: crAft strength, skill ] 1.) plural crafts a job or activity in which you make things with your hands, and that you usually need skill to do →↑handicraft ▪ traditional rural crafts ▪ arts and …
26craft — {{11}}craft (n.) O.E. cræft, originally power, physical strength, might, from P.Gmc. *krab /*kraf (Cf. O.Fris. kreft, O.H.G. chraft, Ger. Kraft strength, skill; O.N. kraptr strength, virtue ). Sense expanded in Old English to include skill, art,… …
27craft — 1 noun 1 plural craft (C) a) a small boat: I steered the craft carefully round the rocks. b) an aircraft or spacecraft 2 plural crafts (C) an activity, especially a traditional one that needs a lot of skill, in which you make something with your… …
28craft — n. & v. n. 1 skill, esp. in practical arts. 2 a (esp. in comb.) a trade or an art (statecraft; handicraft; priestcraft; the craft of pottery). b the members of a craft. 3 (pl. craft) a a boat or vessel. b an aircraft or spacecraft. 4 cunning or… …
29Craft — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has a number of possible sources. Firstly, the surname may be a nickname for a smart, cunning person, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century craeft , craft, skill. The surname may… …
30craft — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, strength, skill, from Old English cræft; akin to Old High German kraft strength Date: before 12th century 1. skill in planning, making, or executing ; dexterity 2. a. an occupation or trade requiring manual… …
