Crafted

How to spell crafted

7 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce crafted

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does crafted mean?

1. verbMade or produced something with skill and careful attention.
2. adjectiveMade by hand or with evident skill and care.

Crafted in a sentence

• verb

  The cabinet maker crafted each drawer to fit perfectly.

• adjective

  The shop sells beautifully crafted wooden toys.

• verb

  She crafted a careful reply to the difficult email.

• adjective

  Every crafted detail of the speech showed long preparation.

Where does crafted come from?

Language of origin: Germanic

This word grows from the Old English noun 'cræft', which originally meant strength, power, or physical might before broadening to mean skill, ability, and a trade learned by hand. The sense of bodily force is preserved in related Germanic words such as the German 'Kraft', meaning power or energy. Over the medieval period the English word leaned away from raw strength and settled on the idea of skilled making, giving us the trades and 'craftsmen' who worked with their hands. The verb 'to craft', meaning to make something with care and skill, and its past form 'crafted' became common, and the modern marketing flavour of 'hand crafted' goods revived the word strongly in recent decades. The spelling stays close to its Old English root, with the single 'f' and the simple '-ed' ending; the only trap is remembering it is one plain '-ed', not a doubled consonant.

How the word is built

• craft (skill, trade, made object)
• -ed (past tense / past participle suffix)