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crane    Audio Help   (krān)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. Any of various large wading birds of the family Gruidae, having a long neck, long legs, and a long bill.
    2. A similar bird, such as a heron.
  2. A machine for hoisting and moving heavy objects by means of cables attached to a movable boom.
  3. Any of various devices with a swinging arm, as in a fireplace for suspending a pot.

v.   craned, cran·ing, cranes

v.   tr.
  1. To hoist or move with or as if with a crane.
  2. To strain and stretch (the neck, for example) in order to see better.

v.   intr.
  1. To stretch one's neck toward something for a better view.
  2. To be irresolute; hesitate.


[Middle English, from Old English cran; see gerə-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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