Definition of Crane

1. Verb. Stretch (the neck) so as to see better. "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"

Exact synonyms: Stretch Out
Generic synonyms: Extend, Stretch

2. Noun. United States writer (1871-1900).
Exact synonyms: Stephen Crane
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

3. Noun. United States poet (1899-1932).
Exact synonyms: Harold Hart Crane, Hart Crane
Generic synonyms: Poet

4. Noun. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix.
Exact synonyms: Grus
Generic synonyms: Constellation

5. Noun. Lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis.
Specialized synonyms: Davit, Derrick, Transporter
Generic synonyms: Lifting Device

6. Noun. Large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world.
Generic synonyms: Wader, Wading Bird
Group relationships: Family Gruidae, Gruidae
Specialized synonyms: Grus Americana, Whooper, Whooping Crane

Definition of Crane

1. n. A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.

2. v. t. To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.

3. v. i. to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.

4. n. Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight.

Definition of Crane

1. Noun. A large bird of the order ''Gruiformes'' and the family ''Gruidae'' having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying. ¹

2. Noun. A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To extend (one's neck). ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To raise or lower with a crane. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crane

1. to stretch out one's neck [v CRANED, CRANING, CRANES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crane

cranberry heath
cranberry juice
cranberry morpheme
cranberry morphemes
cranberry sauce
cranberry tree
cranberrying
cranberrylike
crance
crances
cranch
cranched
cranches
cranching
crandallite
crane (current term)
crane's bill
crane flies
crane fly
craned
craneflies
cranefly
cranelike
cranequin
cranes
cranesbill
cranesbills
crang
crangs
crania

Literary usage of Crane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Boston Directory (1862)
"Crandall George W. driver, Suffolk railroad, house Crandall H. Burr, counsellor, 4 Court, boards 230 3 Cambridge [67 Princeton, EB crane Amaziah B. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"crane (AJ) Address delivered at the Request of the Military and Citizens of ... 17395 crane (CB) Sermon on the Occasion of the Death of President Lincoln. ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"The point of the crane arm which killed Linder "was about fourteen Inches from the side of the cab," but on this evidence it could have been placed ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"The first contention Is In regard to the basis of charge against crane & Co. Lewis & Co. claims that the 9000 logs on the banks of Big Ugly creek mentioned ..."

5. The Boston Directory (1862)
"Crandall George W. driver, Suffolk railroad, house Crandall H. Burr, counsellor, 4 Court, boards 230 3 Cambridge [67 Princeton, EB crane Amaziah B. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"crane (AJ) Address delivered at the Request of the Military and Citizens of ... 17395 crane (CB) Sermon on the Occasion of the Death of President Lincoln. ..."

7. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"The point of the crane arm which killed Linder "was about fourteen Inches from the side of the cab," but on this evidence it could have been placed ..."

8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"The first contention Is In regard to the basis of charge against crane & Co. Lewis & Co. claims that the 9000 logs on the banks of Big Ugly creek mentioned ..."

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