craft

/krɑ:ft/

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Word: Craft

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

Definition:

1. As a Noun:

   • Skill in an Occupation: Craft refers to a type of skilled work or trade. It can mean the work done by people who have special skills, like artists, bakers, or carpenters.
   • Deception: It can also mean shrewdness or skill in deception, suggesting someone is clever in a tricky way.
   • Vehicle: In another context, it can refer to vehicles designed for navigation, such as boats or airplanes.

2. As a Verb:

   • To Make Skillfully: To craft means to make something by hand with a lot of skill and care.

Usage Instructions:

• Noun Usage: Use "craft" when talking about skilled trades (e.g., "She is learning the craft of pottery.").
• Verb Usage: Use "craft" when describing the action of making something (e.g., "He crafted a beautiful wooden chair.").

Examples:

• Noun (Skill): "The craft of sewing requires patience and practice."
• Noun (Deception): "His craft was evident in the way he managed to convince everyone."
• Noun (Vehicle): "The spacecraft successfully landed on the moon."
• Verb: "They crafted a stunning sculpture for the exhibition."

Advanced Usage:

• In a professional context, "craft" can sometimes imply a level of artistry or creativity, such as "the craft of filmmaking" or "the craft of writing."

Word Variants:

• Craftsman (noun): A person who is skilled in a particular craft (e.g., carpenter, potter).
• Craftsmanship (noun): The quality of skill and care that goes into making something (e.g., "The craftsmanship of this table is impressive.").
• Crafty (adjective): Clever in a deceitful way (e.g., "He had a crafty plan to win the game.").

Different Meanings:

• Craft (as in skill): Refers to skilled trades and arts.
• Craft (as in deception): Refers to being clever in a tricky way.
• Craft (as a vehicle): Refers to any mode of transport that can navigate through air or water.

Synonyms:

• For Skill/Trade: Art, trade, profession, occupation.
• For Deception: Cunning, trickery, guile.
• For Vehicle: Vessel, vehicle, machine.

Idioms:

• "Craft your story": This means to carefully create or design the way you tell your personal experiences or narratives.
• "By craft": This phrase can refer to doing something skillfully or with expertise.

Phrasal Verbs:

• There are no common phrasal verbs directly associated with "craft," but it can be combined with other words to create phrases, like "craft together," which means to create something collaboratively.

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Noun

1. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
2. skill in an occupation or trade
3. people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
   • he represented the craft of brewers
   • as they say in the trade
4. a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
5. the skilled practice of a practical occupation
   • he learned his trade as an apprentice

Verb

1. make by hand and with much skill
   • The artisan crafted a complicated tool

Synonyms

• craftiness
• cunning
• foxiness
• guile
• slyness
• wiliness
• craftsmanship
• workmanship
• trade