craft
To make by hand and with much skillTo make by hand and with much skill.
» She learned the craft of basket weaving from her grandmother.
Sie erlernte die Kunst des Korbwebens von ihrer Großmutter. — Qayray
Она научилась искусству плетения корзин у своей бабушки. — Selena777
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesTo make by hand and with much skill.
handgemacht
мастеритьmasteritʹ, проявля́ть мастерство́projavljátʹ masterstvó, изгота́вливать вручну́юizgotávlivatʹ vručnúju
майструва́тиmajstruváty
make by hand and with much skill
To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).
state crafting; the process of crafting global policing
To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
Examples
64 sentencesShe learned the craft of basket weaving from her grandmother.
ruОна научилась искусству плетения корзин у своей бабушки. — Selena777
deSie erlernte die Kunst des Korbwebens von ihrer Großmutter. — Qayray
Do you think dogs would make good writers or would cats be better at the craft?
Гадаєш, собаки були би добрими письменниками, або може, коти, були би кращими в цьому ремеслі? — deniko
Never forget to craft a bed on your first day.
ruНикогда не забывай скрафтить кровать в свой первый день. — ZegPhig
deVergiss nie, dir am ersten Tag ein Bett zu bauen! — Yorwba
I greatly recommend reading it to anybody thinking of learning a craft.
Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strengthInherited from Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”); further origin obscure.
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Forms
crafts, crafting, crafted, craftedWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.