Definitions from Wiktionary (crane)
▸ noun: Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
▸ noun: (US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
▸ noun: A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
▸ noun: An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
▸ noun: A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
▸ noun: (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).
▸ verb: (transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To pull up before a jump.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The cranium.
▸ noun: (countable) A surname.
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▸ noun: A minor river in Dorset, England, which becomes the Moors River near Verwood; the name is a back-formation from Cranborne.
▸ noun: A minor river in Greater London, England, which joins the Thames near Twickenham.
▸ noun: A town in Martin County, Indiana, United States.
▸ noun: A town in Stone County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Harney County, Oregon, United States.
▸ noun: A city, the county seat of Crane County, Texas, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia, United States.
▸ noun: Alternative form of cran (“measure of herrings”) [(obsolete) A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500).]
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▸ noun: Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
▸ noun: (US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
▸ noun: A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
▸ noun: An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
▸ noun: A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
▸ noun: (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).
▸ verb: (transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To pull up before a jump.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The cranium.
▸ noun: (countable) A surname.
▸ noun: A placename:
▸ noun: A minor river in Dorset, England, which becomes the Moors River near Verwood; the name is a back-formation from Cranborne.
▸ noun: A minor river in Greater London, England, which joins the Thames near Twickenham.
▸ noun: A town in Martin County, Indiana, United States.
▸ noun: A town in Stone County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Harney County, Oregon, United States.
▸ noun: A city, the county seat of Crane County, Texas, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia, United States.
▸ noun: Alternative form of cran (“measure of herrings”) [(obsolete) A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500).]
▸ Also see crane
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