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crane

UK/kɹɛɪn/ US/kɹeɪn/ common us
verb (1) noun (4)

verb

1.

stretch (the neck) so as to see better

  • “The women craned their necks to see the President drive by”
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noun

1.

United States writer (1871-1900)

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2.

United States poet (1899-1932)

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3.

lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis

4.

large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

Origin

From Middle English crane, from Old English cran (“crane”), from Proto-West Germanic *kran, *kranō, from Proto-Germanic *kranô (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate with Scots cran (“crane”), Dutch kraan (“crane”), German Low German Kroon (“crane”), German Kran (“crane”). The mechanical devices are named from their likeness to the bird.

Phrases

  • breakdown crane
  • claw crane
  • container crane
  • crane driver
  • crane engine
  • crane game
  • crane locomotive
  • crane operator

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