n.
- an activity involving skill in making things by hand.
▸
(crafts)
things made by hand.
▸skill in carrying out one's work.
▸the members of a skilled profession.
- cunning.
(pl. same)
a boat or ship. ▸an aircraft or spaceship.
v.
exercise skill in making (something).
Derivative
- crafter n.
- craftwork n.
- craftworker n.
Etymology
OE cræft ‘strength, skill’, of Gmc origin; sense 3 perh. with ref. to vessels requiring skill to handle.