crane

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see also: Crane

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɹeɪn/

Noun

crane (plural cranes)

1. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

2. (US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
3. A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
4. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
5. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
6. (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

Related terms

• cranberry, via nds-de Kraan

Translations

• French: grue
• German: Kranich
• Italian: gru
• Portuguese: grou
• Russian: жура́вль
• Spanish: grulla

Translations

• French: grue
• German: Kran
• Italian: gru
• Portuguese: guindaste, grua
• Russian: кран
• Spanish: grúa

Verb

crane (cranes, present participle craning; past and past participle craned)

1. (ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).
2. (transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane#Noun|crane.

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

   • an upstart craned up to the height he has

3. (intransitive) To pull up before a jump.

Translations

• French: étirer (le cou)
• German: ^{(please verify)} den Hals recken (to extend one's neck), ^{(please verify)} strecken (de) (to extend), ausstrecken
• Russian: вытя́гивать

Noun

crane (plural cranes)

1. (obsolete) The cranium.

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Crane

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Proper noun

1. Surname
2. A small river in Greater London, England, which joins the Thames near Twickenham.
3. A town in Martin County, Indiana.
4. A town in Stone County, Missouri.
5. A census-designated place in Harney County, Oregon.
6. A city/county seat in Crane County, Texas.
7. An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia.

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