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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: craft

1	n v	the skilled practice of a practical occupation make by hand and with much skill
2	n	a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
3	n	shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: craft

n the skilled practice of a practical occupation

Synonyms:: trade

Types:: show 45 types...; hide 45 types...; airplane mechanics
the craft of building and repairing airplanes; auto mechanics
the craft of building and repairing automobiles; basketry
the craft of basket making; carpentry, woodwork, woodworking
the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood; drafting, mechanical drawing
the craft of drawing blueprints; dressmaking
the craft of making dresses; electrical work
the craft of an electrician; interior decoration, interior design
the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior; lumbering
the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber; masonry
the craft of a mason; oculism
the craft of an oculist; house painting, painting
the occupation of a house painter; papermaking
the craft of making paper; pilotage, piloting
the occupation of a pilot; plumbery, plumbing
the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building); pottery
the craft of making earthenware; pyrotechnics, pyrotechny
the craft of making fireworks; cobbling, shoe repairing, shoemaking
the shoemaker's trade; roofing
the craft of a roofer; sheet-metal work
the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems); shingling
the laying on of shingles; tailoring
the occupation of a tailor; tool-and-die work
the craft of making special tools and dies; handicraft
a craft that requires skillful hands; mintage
act or process of minting coins; tanning
making leather from rawhide; typography
the craft of composing type and printing from it; undertaking
the trade of a funeral director; upholstery
the craft of upholstering; wine making, winemaking
the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine; bookbinding
the craft of binding books; bricklaying
the craft of laying bricks; cabinetry, cabinetwork
the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality); furnishing
the act of decorating a house or room; lighting
the craft of providing artificial light; cabinetmaking, joinery
the craft of a joiner; couture
high fashion designing and dressmaking; sewing, stitching
joining or attaching by stitches; spinning
creating thread; weaving
creating fabric; knitting
creating knitted wear; crocheting
creating a garment of needlework; lace making, tatting
the act or art of making handmade lace; needlecraft, needlework
work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle; slating
the act of laying slates for a roof

Type of:: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

n skill in an occupation or trade

Synonyms:: craftsmanship, workmanship

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; housecraft
skill in domestic management; priestcraft
the skills involved in the work of a priest; stagecraft
skill in writing or staging plays; tradecraft
skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage; watercraft
skill in the management of boats; woodcraft
skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood; coup de theatre
a sensational bit of stagecraft

Type of:: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill
an ability that has been acquired by training

n people who perform a particular kind of skilled work

“he represented the craft of brewers”

Synonyms:: trade

Type of:: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum
people having the same social, economic, or educational status

v make by hand and with much skill

“The artisan crafted a complicated tool”

Types:: handcraft
make something by hand; filigree
make filigree, as with a precious metal

Type of:: fashion, forge
make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

n a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

Examples:: show 8 examples...; hide 8 examples...; H.M.S. Bounty
a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat; Mayflower
the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620; Merrimac
an ironclad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North; Monitor
an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac; Graf Zeppelin
a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs; B-52
United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber; USS Cole
a United States destroyer; Old Ironsides
a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston

Types:: show 27 types...; hide 27 types...; aircraft
a vehicle that can fly; ground-effect machine, hovercraft
a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines; landing craft
naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment; ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft
a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun; vessel, watercraft
a craft designed for water transportation; bareboat
a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions; boat
a small vessel for travel on water; bogey, bogie, bogy
an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft; cruise missile
an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb; fishing boat, fishing smack, fishing vessel
a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive; galley
(classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars; galley
a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading; heavier-than-air craft
a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it; ice yacht, iceboat, scooter
a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice; lander
a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet; lighter-than-air craft
aircraft supported by its own buoyancy; LEM, lunar excursion module, lunar module
a spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back; patrol boat, patrol ship
a vessel assigned to patrol an area; sailing ship, sailing vessel
a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts; ship
a vessel that carries passengers or freight; shrimper
a vessel engaged in shrimping; capsule, space capsule
a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space; space shuttle
a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere; spaceship, starship
a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction); stealth aircraft
an aircraft designed in accordance with technology that makes detection by radar difficult; weather ship
an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations; racing yacht, yacht
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

Type of:: vehicle
a conveyance that transports people or objects

n shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Synonyms:: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness

Type of:: astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness
intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

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