Craft
WordNet
noun
(1) The skilled practice of a practical occupation
"He learned his trade as an apprentice"
(2) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
(3) Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
(4) Skill in an occupation or trade
(5) People who perform a particular kind of skilled work
"He represented the craft of brewers"
"As they say in the trade"
verb
(6) Make by hand and with much skill
"The artisan crafted a complicated tool"
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Etymology
From with the sense shift to "skill, art" probably leading to the related "trade", thus the first nautical use (1671) relating to smaller vessels (nautical use for tools of fishing trade unclear).
Noun
- The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
- She represented the craft of brewers.
- Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc.
- 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.
- Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
- A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
- A particular kind of skilled work.
- He learned his craft as an apprentice.
- Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
Synonyms
craftsmanship, workmanship trade craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wilinessVerb
- To make by hand and with much skill.
- To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman): "state crafting", "crafting global policing".