Pronunciation
- IPA: /kɹeɪn/
crane (plural cranes)
- 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:
- (US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
- A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
- An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
- A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
- (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
- cranberry, via nds-de Kraan
crane (cranes, present participle craning; past and past participle craned)
- (ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).
- (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
- (intransitive) To pull up before a jump.
- French: étirer (le cou)
- German: (please verify) den Hals recken (to extend one's neck), (please verify) strecken (de) (to extend), ausstrecken
- Russian: вытя́гивать
crane (plural cranes)
- (obsolete) The cranium.
Crane
Proper noun
- Surname
- A small river in Greater London, England, which joins the Thames near Twickenham.
- A town in Martin County, Indiana.
- A town in Stone County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place in Harney County, Oregon.
- A city/county seat in Crane County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia.
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