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to craft

to craft

170 3.2
To make something by hand with skill
  • verb
  • /kræft/
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  • The artist spends hours every day to craft intricate jewelry pieces by hand.
  • carefully crafted
  • well-crafted
  • craft public policy

She wanted to know how she could craft feedback in the perfect way.

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Examples

  • As you can see, we're crafting a replica of the blessed Lady.

  • Your teacher crafted that question?

  • As now becomes fast, we craft the future we want to see.

  • Then, then we can start to craft a different story for that person.

  • We all have the choice to craft our happiness.

  • It's believed that people are buying these up to craft their Halloween costumes.

  • Over the next few months, she would craft the story of Frankenstein.

  • You know, how do you craft the hero's journey?

  • She wanted to know how she could craft feedback in the perfect way.

  • So we spend a lot of time crafting our identities, right.

Synonyms

to handcraft
vsto craft
17 3.7

To make something by hand with skill and care

is the general skilled production by hand without extra artistic emphasis
to hand-build
vsto craft
1 6.5

To make pots or bowls by shaping clay with your hands without using a wheel

is broader skilled hand making across objects, not limited to pottery
to handbuild
vsto craft
  • Specialized
7.2

To make a pot or bowl by hand without using a potter's wheel

is broader skilled hand making across materials, not only ceramics
to handwork
vsto craft
4.6

To make or finish something by hand

emphasizes skilled hand production rather than plain manual work

Compounds

144 3.0

An event where people sell handmade things like jewelry and pottery

landing craft
  • Specialized
7 4.2

A small boat that carries soldiers and equipment from ships to shore

A large motorboat with a cabin and bathroom for living on board

1 5.9

An aircraft that floats because it is lighter than the air, like a balloon or airship

Skill in making things well, often by hand and with care

A group of workers in the same skilled trade who join together to protect their rights

mosquito craft
  • Archaic
9.2

A small, fast boat with light weapons used to attack or patrol

5.0

A machine like an airplane or helicopter that needs power to fly

How Skillfully

to craft
170 3.2
to fashion
31 4.3
to make
1.0
to put together
988 2.8

Surface Forms

craft infinitive
crafted past
crafted past participle
crafting present participle
crafts third person singular

Etymology

Craft (verb) comes from the same old English root cræft meaning 'skill' or 'power', and it is the same idea behind craftsman. So to craft something is to make it with careful skill, often by hand.