CRAFT
What does "CRAFT" mean?
Skill in making things by hand, or the trade in which such skill is used.
Meanings
- An activity or trade requiring skilled handwork, and the skill it demands. Bookbinding is a craft that takes years to master.
- A boat, ship, aircraft, or spacecraft. Several small craft were moored in the harbor.
- Cunning or guile used to deceive. He won the negotiation more by craft than by honesty. formal
- To make or shape with care and skill. She crafted each sentence until it rang true.
Did you know?
- 'Craft' and the German word 'Kraft' (power, force) are the same word - English kept the 'skill' sense while German kept the 'strength' sense.
- The use of 'craft' to mean a boat or vessel began as shorthand for 'vessels of the craft', meaning vessels of the sailing trade.
Word origin
From Old English 'craeft' (strength, skill, art), shared with German 'Kraft' (power); the meaning shifted from 'power' to 'skill', then to a trade and to cunning.
Remember it
CRAFT shares its core with German KRAFT, power - because real craft is power in the hands.
A little poem
The blade learns the wood, the wood learns the hand.
What looks like patience is a kind of force-
the slow power that makes a thing stand.
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Wordplay
- The sailor opened a pottery studio. He said he'd always worked in small craft.
What it teaches
Craft is power held under control; mastery is force made patient.
Quick facts
What does CRAFT mean?
Skill in making things by hand, or the trade in which such skill is used.
Is CRAFT a valid word?
Yes — CRAFT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CRAFT?
CRAFT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CRAFT come from?
From Old English 'craeft' (strength, skill, art), shared with German 'Kraft' (power); the meaning shifted from 'power' to 'skill', then to a trade and to cunning.
What can CRAFT teach us?
Craft is power held under control; mastery is force made patient.
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