Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
crane
crane
,Verb.
I.
to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better;
as, a hunter
. cranes
forward before taking a leapBeaconsfield. Thackeray.
The passengers eagerly
craning
forward over the bulwarks. Howells.
Webster 1828 Edition
Crane
CRANE
,Noun.
1.
A migratory fowl of the genus Ardea, belonging to the grallic order. The bill is straight, sharp and long, with a furrow from the nostrils towards the point; the nostrils are linear, and the feet have four toes. These fowls have long legs, and a long neck, being destined to wade and seek their food among grass and reeds in marshy grounds. The common crane is about four feet in length, of a slender body, with ash-coloured feathers.2.
A machine for raising great weights, consisting of a horizontal arm, or piece of timber, projecting from a post, and furnished with a tackle or pulley.3.
A siphon, or crooked pipe for drawing liquors out of a cask.Definition 2024
Crane
crane
crane
English
A crane (bird).
A crane (mechanical).
Noun
crane (plural cranes)
- Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:
- Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:
- (US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
- A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
- An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
- A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
- (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
Hyponyms
-
Gruidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Derived terms
Related terms
|
|
|
|
Related terms
Translations
bird
|
|
machinery
|
|
See also
Verb
crane (third-person singular simple present cranes, present participle craning, simple past and past participle craned)
- (transitive) To extend (one's neck).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of George Eliot to this entry?)
- (transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
- Bates
- What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens.
- Massinger
- an upstart craned up to the height he has
- Bates
Translations
to extend
|
Anagrams
Lojban
Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
- Chinese: cian — 前 (qián)
- English: frant — front
- Hindi: samne — सामने (sāmanē)
- Spanish: frent — frente
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃrane/
Gismu
crane (rafsi cra)
- anterior; x1 is anterior/ahead/forward/(in/on) the front of x2 which faces/in-frame-of-reference x3