Word Meanings - ART - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used
Additional info about word: ART
The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ART)
- Craft
- Art
- artifice
- cunning
- guile
- stratagem
- manoeuvre
- wiliness
- trickery
- duplicity
- chicanery
- intrigue
- underhandedness
- dodge
- Sculpture
- Statuary
- carving
- plastic work
- carved art
- Wile
- Guile
- craft
- art
- device
- machination
- plot
- design
Related words: (words related to ART)
- DESIGN
drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace - CRAFTY
1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. "Crafty work." Piers Plowman. 2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. A noble crafty man of trees. Wyclif. 3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. - DESIGNATE
Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck. - ARTIFICER
A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. Syn. -- Artisan; artist. See Artisan. (more info) 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one - SCULPTURESQUE
After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture. - CARVOL
One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol. - SCULPTURE
1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials. 2. Carved work - CUNNINGNESS
Quality of being cunning; craft. - WILINESS
The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile. - TRICKERY
The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture. - STATUARY
The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture. Sir W. Temple. 3. A collection of statues; statues, collectively. (more info) statuarius, a., of or belonging to statues, fr. statua statue: - CRAFTER
a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman. - DODGER
1. One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices. Smart. 2. A small handbill. 3. See Corndodger. - DODGE
1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton. 2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble. Some dodging casuist with - DEVICEFUL
Full of devices; inventive. A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread. Chapman. - CRAFTLESS
Without craft or cunning. Helpless, craftless, and innocent people. Jer. Taylor. - CUNNINGLY
In a cunning manner; with cunning. - CARVE
1. To cut. Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. Spenser. 2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge. 3. To make or shape by - INTRIGUER
One who intrigues. - DESIGNATOR
An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates. - PROPLASTIC
Forming a mold. - KINGCRAFT
The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy. Prescott. - APLASTIC
Not plastic or easily molded. - STOMATOPLASTIC
Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed. - PROTOPLASTIC
First-formed. Howell. - PHELLOPLASTICS
Art of modeling in cork. - UNBEGUILE
To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. "Then unbeguile thyself." Donne. - FOREDESIGN
To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne. - EMPLASTIC
Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications. - POINT-DEVICE; POINT-DEVISE
Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow. (more info) + point point, condition + devis - WITCRAFT
1. Art or skill of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit. Camden. 2. The art of reasoning; logic.