■ noun
1》 an activity involving skill in making things by hand.
↘( ~s ) things made by hand.
↘skill in carrying out one's work.
↘the members of a skilled profession.
2》 cunning.
3》 ( plural same) a boat or ship.
↘an air~ or spaceship.
■ verb exercise skill in making (something).
Derivatives
~er noun
~work noun
~worker noun
Origin
OE cræft 'strength, skill', of Gmc origin; sense 3 perh. with ref. to vessels requiring skill to handle.