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| 1. | [ noun ] (work,business) the skilled practice of a practical occupation | |
| Synonyms: | trade | |
| Examples: | "he learned his trade as an apprentice" |
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| Related terms: | occupation interior_decoration carpentry tool-and-die_work firework typography auto_mechanics shoemaking electrical_work airplane_mechanics painting plumbing drafting pottery roofing tailoring sheet-metal_work dressmaking pilotage lumbering shingling masonry bookbinding mintage handicraft tanning papermaking upholstery undertaking winemaking pyrotechnics basketry | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (transportation) a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space | |
| Related terms: | vehicle aircraft vessel spacecraft landing_craft hovercraft | |
| 3. | [ noun ] skill in an occupation or trade | |
| Synonyms: | craftsmanship workmanship | |
| Related terms: | skill stagecraft priestcraft tradecraft watercraft woodcraft housecraft | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (sociology) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work | |
| Synonyms: | trade | |
| Examples: | "he represented the craft of brewers" "as they say in the trade" |
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| Related terms: | class | |
| 5. | [ verb ] make by hand and with much skill | |
| Examples: | "The artisan crafted a complicated tool" |
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| Related terms: | fashion handcraft craftsman | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 906 | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (psychology) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | |
| Synonyms: | cunning foxiness guile slyness wiliness craftiness | |
| Related terms: | shrewdness | |
| Similar spelling: |
crafty Crafts Crafton crafter croft craftily Crofts Crofton crofter Crofoot crypt cryptic cravat |
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