Noun crane has 4 senses
  1. Crane, Stephen Crane - United States writer (1871-1900)
    --1 is a kind of writer, author
  2. Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane - United States poet (1899-1932)
    --2 is a kind of poet
  3. crane - lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
    --3 is a kind of
    lifting device
    --3 has particulars: davit; derrick; transporter
  4. crane - large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
    --4 is a kind of
    wading bird, wader
    --4 is a member of Gruidae, family Gruidae
    --4 has particulars: whooping crane, whooper, Grus americana
    Derived form: verb crane1
,Verb crane has 1 sense
  1. crane, stretch out - stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"
    --1 is one way to stretch, extend
    Derived form: noun crane4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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