Crane

Quick meaning: Crane is a noun meaning Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

Meaning

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

More Meanings

1. (US dialectal) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
2. A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
3. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
4. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
5. (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
6. (ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).
7. (transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.

Example Sentences

an upstart craned up to the height he has

I'm gonna be a star and people will crane necks To get a glimpse of me and see if I am having sex

What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens.

Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]

Word Forms

• cranes
• craning
• craned

Synonyms for crane

Depending on context, synonyms include stretch out.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stretch out, skull, head, boom, wheelchair, grue.

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