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noun (plural: same or crafts)
  1. The skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his craft as an apprentice" syn: trade.
  2. (nautical) (15th-17th centuries) Any net, line or hook used to catch fish; (later) any fishing vessel, then any small vessel.
  3. A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
  4. People who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade" syn: trade.
  5. A skill in an occupation or trade syn: craftsmanship, workmanship.
  6. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception syn: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness.
verb 
  1. To make by hand and with much skill.
  2. To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman): "state crafting", "crafting global policing."
Etymology: Craft traces back to the Indo-European root
  • ger-, meaning "to twist, turn."


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