| crane | | |
| n. (person) | 1. crane, stephen crane | United States writer (1871-1900). |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
| n. (person) | 2. crane, harold hart crane, hart crane | United States poet (1899-1932). |
| ~ poet | a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry). |
| n. (object) | 3. crane, grus | a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix. |
| ~ constellation | a configuration of stars as seen from the earth. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. crane | lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis. |
| ~ davit | a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat). |
| ~ derrick | a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom. |
| ~ lifting device | a device for lifting heavy loads. |
| ~ transporter | a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships. |
| n. (animal) | 5. crane | large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world. |
| ~ wader, wading bird | any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food. |
| ~ family gruidae, gruidae | cranes. |
| ~ grus americana, whooper, whooping crane | rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call. |
| v. (body) | 6. crane, stretch out | stretch (the neck) so as to see better.; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" |
| ~ stretch, extend | extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body.; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" |
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