wikipedia|dab=craft (disambiguation)|craft
English

Etymology
Craft traces back to the Indo-European root *ger-, meaning "to twist, turn."

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-craft.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��ft|-��ft

Noun
wikipedia
craft (plural: same or crafts)

1. The skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his craft as an apprentice" [syn: trade].
2. nautical (15th-17th centuries) Any net, line or hook used to catch fish; (later) any fishing vessel, then any small vessel.
3. A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
4. People who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade" [syn: trade].
5. A skill in an occupation or trade [syn: craftsmanship, workmanship].
6. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness].

Translations
trans-top|skilled practice
Dutch: stiel m, vak n
Esperanto: fako, metio
Finnish: taito
German: Handwerk
trans-mid
Maltese: sengħa, artiġjanat
Portuguese: arte m, ofício m
Serbian: zanat, zanatstvo
trans-bottom

trans-top|vehicle designed for navigation
Dutch: tuig n, toestel n
Finnish: alus
German: Fahrzeug, Lenkfahrzeug
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
Dutch: ambacht m, ambachtslui m, pl, vaklui m, pl, stielmannen m, pl
Esperanto: metio, metiistoj p, fakuloj p
Finnish: ammattikunta
German: Handwerker
Maltese: artiġjanatur m
Serbian: zanatlija m, zanatlijka f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|skill in an occupation
Dutch: vakmanschap
Finnish: käsityötaito, työtaito
trans-mid
Portuguese: habilidade f, perícia f
Serbian: zanat
Spanish: pericia f
trans-bottom

trans-top|shrewdness
Dutch: gewiekstheid f
Esperanto: ruzeco
Finnish: juonikkuus
German: Schlauheit Geriebenheit
Serbian: prepredenost
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. To make by hand and with much skill.
2. To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman): "state crafting", "crafting global policing."

Translations
trans-top|make by hand
Dutch: handbewerken
German: handgemacht
Serbian: ru�no napravljeno
trans-mid
trans-bottom

See also
aircraft
spacecraft

References
Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.¹

fa:craft
fr:craft
io:craft
id:craft
ru:craft
fi:craft
te:craft
vi:craft
zh:craft

• 2007-11-15 19:49 - Jaaari -

Full Revision History