different between combine vs craft

English

Etymology

From Middle French combiner, from Late Latin comb?n?re, present active infinitive of comb?n? (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + b?n? (“two by two”).

Pronunciation

• Verb
• enPR: k?m-b?n', IPA^(key): /k?m?ba?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

• Noun
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m.ba?n/
• (US) enPR: käm'b?n, IPA^(key): /?k?m.ba?n/
• Rhymes: -?mba?n

Verb

combine (third-person singular simple present combines, present participle combining, simple past and past participle combined)

1. (transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

2. (transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.

3. (intransitive) To come together; to unite.
4. (card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
5. (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

Synonyms

• See synonyms at Thesaurus:coalesce.

Antonyms

• divide
• separate
• disunite

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

combine (plural combines)

1. A combine harvester
   • 1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker

     When those combine wheels stops turnin'
     And the hard days work is done
     Theres a pub around the corner
     It's the place we 'ave our fun

2. A combination
   1. Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic intentions.

   2. An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.

      Synonym: kombinat

   3. (art) An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
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Translations

Anagrams

• becomin'

Asturian

Verb

combine

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of combinar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.bin/

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of combinaison.

Noun

combine f (plural combines)

1. (colloquial) trick, scheme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

combine

1. inflection of combiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• combien

Further reading

• “combine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

combine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of combinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of combinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of combinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of combinar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kom?bine]

Verb

combine

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of combina
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of combina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom?bine/, [kõm?bi.ne]

Verb

combine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of combinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of combinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of combinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of combinar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English craft, from Old English cræft, from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz, further origin obscure.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???ft/

  Rhymes: -??ft

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?æft/

Noun

craft (countable and uncountable, plural craft or crafts)

1. (uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force [9th century].
2. (uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.
   1. Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].
   2. Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [13th century].

      Synonyms: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness

   3. (obsolete) Occult art, magic [13th century].
3. (countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art [c. 1000].
   1. (collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts [20th century].
4. (countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment [13th century].
5. (countable, obsolete) Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities [13th century].
6. (uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession [9th century].

   Synonyms: craftsmanship, workmanship

7. (countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].

   Synonyms: art, trade, handicraft, business, profession

8. (countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ [15th century].

9. (countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].
   1. (nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
   2. (nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
   3. (figuratively) A woman.

      • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.

10. (countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. [17th century].

Usage notes

The plural craft is used to refer to vehicles. All other senses use the plural crafts.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

craft (third-person singular simple present crafts, present participle crafting, simple past and past participle crafted)

1. To make by hand and with much skill.
2. To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).

   state crafting; the process of crafting global policing

3. (video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.

Derived terms

• crafter
• uncrafted

Translations

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1 (journal website).

Anagrams

• fract

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• kraft, creft

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kraft-.

Noun

craft f

1. strength, power, force

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: cracht, craft
  • Dutch: kracht
    • Afrikaans: krag
  • Limburgish: krach

Further reading

• “kraht”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012