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Crane

(kr/eI/n )

United States writer (1871-1900)(noun.person)

Synonym:
stephen crane

source: wordnet30
United States poet (1899-1932)(noun.person)

Synonym:
harold hart crane, hart crane

source: wordnet30
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix(noun.object)

Synonym:
grus

source: wordnet30
lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.(noun)

source: webster1913
Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight.(noun)

source: webster1913

stretch (the neck) so as to see better(verb.body)

Example:
The women craned their necks to see the President drive by.

Synonym:
stretch out

source: wordnet30
To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.(verb)

source: webster1913
to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.(verb)

source: webster1913

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