(n.) Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.
(n.) Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers.
(n.) Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices.
(n.) A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense.
(v. t.) To play tricks; to practice artifice.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some parents are blessed with a soul that lights up every time their little precious brings them a carefully crafted portrait or home-made greetings card.
(2) Having read Gill's own account of his experimental sexual connections with his dog in a later craft community at Pigotts near High Wycombe, his woodcut The Hound of St Dominic develops some distinctly disconcerting features.
(3) With this announcement, the UK is demonstrating the type of leadership that nations around the world must take in order to craft a successful agreement in Paris and solve the climate crisis,” said former US vice-president Al Gore.
(4) Ready to be fleeced and swamped, I wandered cautiously along Laugavegur past the lovely independent shops, the clean, friendly streets and ended up in a fun hipsterish bar called the Lebowski, where they serve Tuborg and the craft burgers are named things like The Walter (I ordered The Nihilist).
(5) It is still weird that "arts and crafts" is in the same category as dolls.
(6) The base and prospect of this manoeuver are discussed with a reference to Craft's procedure.
(7) These involved two craft being carried to Mars and landed with precision on its surface.
(8) They aren't pointless; apart from any craft they may teach, they can also offer connections and contacts – a "way in" – which is the modern essential of anyone trying to start a career.
(9) Trump on replacing healthcare law that took years to craft: 'Nobody knew it could be so complicated' Read more Trump held meetings with state governors and health insurance company executives at the White House on Monday.
(10) Camden Town is a creative business with a great range of brands that will complement our existing portfolio.” Mark Benner, managing director of the Society of Independent Brewers (Siba) said: “As craft beer continues to grow in popularity and steal market share we are likely to see more global brewers looking to take over craft breweries, something which makes membership to Siba even more important for breweries looking to differentiate themselves, as consumers look to seek out truly independent craft brewed beers.” • This article was amended on 21 December 2015 because Guinness is owned by Diageo, not SAB Miller as an earlier version said.
(11) JoyJoy was one of them: a twin-stick shooter with well-crafted controls, varied visuals and a well-tuned progression curve.
(12) In the first (1847-1898), it was a craft without an academic and professional base.
(13) The three were meeting later today with the White House, the energy secretary, Stephen Chu, and the interior secretary, Ken Salazar, to craft a bill that would pass in the Senate — and have the support of the Obama administration.
(14) • Amanda Girling-Budd is founder of The School of Stuff in east London: it runs year-long, one-day-a-week craft courses for career changers, five-day intensive courses, 12-week evening classes and one-off days and weekends.
(15) David Cameron spoke of the "thickness" of the glass ceiling she smashed through, again as if other women had been clambering merrily through the gaping governmental hole she had thoughtfully crafted ever since.
(16) It is a lot like the craft beer where we’ve seen big brands say ‘it’s time we bought these brands before they become big competition’.” He said the buyout of the craft gin distiller Monkey 47 by Pernod Ricard in January marked the beginning of a trend that was likely to escalate, although there were few craft gin makers who have reached any serious scale.
(17) We all have our own unique DNA and our own life experiences.” But rather than run from the family name entirely, the former Florida governor is appealing instead to his party’s sense of noblesse oblige – crafting a new version of his brother’s somewhat faded brand of compassionate conservatism.
(18) A triumvirate of Senators — Democrat John Kerry, Republican Lindsey Graham, and Independent Joe Lieberman — are working to craft a climate change bill they think would have a good chance of getting support from Republican as well as Democratic Senators.
(19) Labour are finally crafting a clearer line on Brexit: this morning, the shadow chancellor warned that “losing access to the single market would be devastating for jobs, livelihoods and our public services”, that Britain didn’t vote for “economic misery and the loss of jobs”, and that the government was “abandoning Britain’s clear national interests by putting narrow party political concerns first.” These are good lines – and clarify that Labour’s priority is single-market access – but they will only cut through if repeated in similar language until people can hardly bear to hear them anymore.
(20) Acting is a craft to me: I just think you get better the more you do it.
Craftsmanship
Definition:
(n.) The work of a craftsman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Adly in particular, he said, was highly respected in Misrata for his craftsmanship.
(2) It was hard not to think of a world of Duchy Original buildings nurtured in the flowerbeds of Highgrove and fed with organic concepts and craftsmanship.
(3) This decision shows that, with a stable and solid business environment, Slovakia is an attractive place for investors, and the marriage of Slovak craftsmanship and British engineering holds great promise.
(4) The craftsmanship reminds me of Lisbon's pavements, except it's too perfect.
(5) Although Unesco is best known for designating world heritage sites such as the Great Wall of China, the agency also recommends safeguarding the intangible heritage represented by traditions and oral expressions, rituals and festive events, traditional craftsmanship, music, dances and traditional performing arts.
(6) As well as reality orientation, guided social interaction, physical activity, dance therapy and craftsmanship, important elements include transport, home assessment and follow-up visits.
(7) While fashion has never been an industry to fret about cost, high-end style usually involves hand-finished, artisinal craftsmanship and natural materials such as silk and leather.
(8) It is also a bold assertion about the place of skill, craftsmanship and beauty in the making of art, which sets Hockney gloriously at odds with much of art's recent past.
(9) The latest additions include a Mongolian camel coaxing ritual, bagpipe culture in Slovakia and Tinian marble craftsmanship in Greece.
(10) The greatest characters we create, the greatest moments of art or craftsmanship we are able to have come from a place of self-worth."
(11) Design is minimalist but there are splashes of Moroccan craftsmanship.
(12) In our current day world of zero-hours contracts, celebrity, Twitter, spin and all that, both shows’ commitment to the values and meaning of craftsmanship and skill is a refreshing contrast and a core part of their appeal.
(13) "The actual writing, the craftsmanship, was Stieg's.
(14) They're a last hurrah for hand-drawn 2D animation in an age of CGI, and there's a strain running through Ghibli that's reminiscent of vintage Disney: an emphasis on craftsmanship, a cultural nostalgia and a perfectly pitched sentimentalism.
(15) High-end retailers and the luxury sector can appear to exist outside of this system – shielded by ideas like craftsmanship and design, but behind the gloss is the same dirt.
(16) It's very beautiful and the craftsmanship that went into it is mindblowing.
(17) Indeed, the prince referred to craftsmanship as an element lacking in modern architecture, which might be true, yet failed to explain how the common or garden architect might be expected to pay for craft when the budgets of most contemporary buildings have been, increasingly, slashed to the bare structural bones.
(18) While the factory itself is shiny, new and packed with new technology, the work that goes on here hinges on some old-fashioned craftsmanship.
(19) Wrecking Ball is that beautiful realisation of craftsmanship, bloody-minded business and heart.
(20) "We're not in a golden age of audiophile excellence and craftsmanship," complains Thomas.