Dictionary Definition
Crane
Noun
1 United States writer (1871-1900) [syn: Stephen
Crane]
2 United States poet (1899-1932) [syn: Hart Crane,
Harold
Hart Crane]
3 lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle
is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical
axis
4 large long-necked wading bird of marshes and
plains in many parts of the world v : stretch (the neck) so as to
see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President
drive by" [syn: stretch
out]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Old English cran, from , from .Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Noun
- A large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.
- A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
Translations
bird
- Albanian: lejlek
- Arabic: كركي (Kurkiyy)
- Chinese: 鶴 (hè)
- Czech: jeřáb
- Dutch: kraanvogel
- Danish: trane
- Esperanto: gruo
- Estonian: kurg
- Finnish: kurki
- French: grue
- German: Kranich
- Greek: γερανός
- Hungarian: daru
- Italian: gru
- Japanese: 鶴 (つる, tsuru)
- Korean: 두루미 (durumi), 학(鶴, hag, hak)
- Latin: grus
- Lithuanian: gervė
- Low Saxon ("Low German"): Kraan
- Polish: żuraw
- Portuguese: grou
- Romanian: cocor
- Russian: журавль
- Scottish Gaelic: corra-mhonaidh
- Slovak: žeriav
- Slovene: žerjav
- Spanish: grulla
- Swedish: trana
- Turkish: turna
- Telugu: కొంగ (komga)
- Ukrainian: журавель
machinery
- Albanian: vinç
- Czech: jeřáb
- Dutch: hijskraan, kraan
- Finnish: nostokurki
- French: grue
- German: Kran
- Greek: (ανυψωτικός) γερανός (anipsotikos geranos)
- Hungarian: daru
- Italian: gru
- Low Saxon ("Low German"): Kraan
- Polish: dźwig , żuraw
- Romanian: macara
- Russian: кран
- Slovak: žeriav
- Slovene: žerjav
- Spanish: grúa
- Swedish: kran
- Ukrainian: кран, двигун
Derived terms
- black crowned crane
- black-necked crane
- blue crane
- common crane
- demoiselle crane
- grey crowned crane
- hooded crane
- red-crowned crane
- sandhill crane
- sarus crane
- Siberian crane
- wattled crane
- white-naped crane
- whooping crane
See also
Verb
- To extend (one's neck).
Translations
to extend
- Finnish: kurkottaa (kaulaansa)
- French: allonger (le cou)
- German: (to extend one's neck) den Hals recken, (to extend) strecken, ausstrecken
- Italian: allungare (il collo)
- Spanish: estirar (el cuello)
Extensive Definition
Crane or cranes may be:
- Crane (bird), a large, long-necked bird
- Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting
- Crane (railroad), crane suited to use on railroads
People
Surname
- See Crane (surname)
Fictional characters
- Alistair Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Denny Crane, lawyer on Boston Legal
- Fancy Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Fox Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Frasier Crane, title character of the sitcom Frasier
- the Graceful Crane, Japanese super-ninja in Bon Comics' "Duck-Girl & Crane" animation
- Ichabod Crane, protagonist in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Jonathan Crane, a.k.a Scarecrow (comics), a comic book villain in the Batman series by DC Comics
- Julian Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Martin Crane, character on the sitcom Frasier
- Niles Crane, character on the sitcom Frasier
- Pretty Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Sheridan Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Gareth Crane, 6th Beatle
Places
* Crane, Indiana- Crane, Missouri
- Crane, Oregon
- Crane, Texas
- Crane Beach, in Ipswich, Massachusetts
- Crane Island (Washington), one of the San Juan Islands
- Crane, Hillingdon
Businesses
- Crane Co., an American industrial products company
- Crane Plumbing, a brand of plumbing fixtures made by American Standard Brands
- Crane & Co., supplier of paper for US banknotes
Martial arts
- Fujian White Crane, one of five animal-inspired constituent martial arts of the "Five Ancestors Fist" style
- Lama (martial art), which contains the practice of "Tibetan White Crane"
- Persatuan Gerak Badan, an Indonesian martial art whose symbol is a white crane (bird)
Military
- Cessna Crane, a British name for the United States built Cessna AT-17 Bobcat training aircraft
- USS Crane (DD-109), Wickes class destroyer, named after William M. Crane
Music
- Cranes (band), British dream rock band
- Dallas Crane, alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia
- Crane School of Music, in Potsdam, New York
Other uses
- Crane Clan of samurai in the Legend of the Five Rings games
- Crane fly, a family of insects
- Crane shot, in motion pictures, a shot taken with a camera mounted on a crane
- "Crane", in the philosophy of Daniel Dennett, a material process which dispenses with the need for extrinsic explanations or 'skyhooks' (see Darwin's Dangerous Idea)
- Crane (TV series), British adventure show from 1963-1965
crane in German: Crane
crane in Modern Greek (1453-): Γερανός
crane in French: Crane
crane in Dutch: Kraanvogel
crane in Czech: Jeřáb
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
andiron, be lengthy, be
prolonged, belong,
chain, coal tongs,
crab, crane the neck,
crook, damper, derrick, erector, extend, extend out, eye, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, forklift, gantry crane,
gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, gloat, goggle, grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, griller, hoist, hydraulic tailgate,
jack, jackscrew, lever, lift, lifter, look, ogle, outreach, outstretch, poker, pothook, reach out, salamander, spit, sprawl, stand on tiptoe, stand on
tiptoes, stare, stare at,
stare down, stare hard, straggle, stretch, stretch out, tackle, tongs, tripod, trivet, turnspit, windlass