1 a tall machine with a long arm, used to lift and move building materials and other heavy objects
2 a large bird with long legs and a long neck
verb [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to lean or stretch over sth in order to see sth better; to stretch your neck:
[V] People were craning out of the windows and waving. * [VN] She craned her neck to get a better view of the stage.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for crane is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is crane a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, crane is tagged as noun.
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