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crane

/ crane /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
Type of:
wading bird wader
Kinds of:
whooping crane whooper Grus americana
Has parts:
Gruidae family Gruidae
Derived:
stretch out
noun Sense 2
lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
Type of:
lifting device
Kinds of:
davit derrick transporter
noun Sense 3
United States poet (1899-1932)
Type of:
poet
noun Sense 4
United States writer (1871-1900)
Type of:
writer author
verb Sense 5
stretch (the neck) so as to see better
"The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"
Type of:
stretch extend
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
82%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
17
Times Searched
3
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wading bird wader whooping crane whooper Grus americana lifting device davit derrick transporter poet writer author