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crane

/kɹeɪn/noun, verb1 syllable

Crane means: United States poet (1899-1932).

Synonyms for crane5

noun, as in United States poet (1899-1932)

Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane

noun, as in United States writer (1871-1900)

Stephen Crane

noun, as in a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Phoenix

Grus

verb, as in stretch (the neck) so as to see better

stretch out

What does crane mean?6

noun

1

United States poet (1899-1932)

2

United States writer (1871-1900)

3

a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Phoenix

4

lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis

5

large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

verb

1

stretch (the neck) so as to see better“The women craned their necks to see the President drive by”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with crane?60

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All 60 rhymes for crane, grouped by syllable

Crane in a sentence

  • Migrant birds such as the sandhill crane fly overhead, moving south.Cangarejo
  • Of course, a license is needed to operate a crane.fcbond
  • The crane, unlike the dog, has never dreamed of flying.kebukebu
  • After the traffic accident, his car had to be towed by a crane truck.Eccles17
  • If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, her wish will come true.Zifre
  • It was the last crane she ever made.orcrist
  • The crane accidentally dropped the pot of molten metal.shekitten
  • The workers backed up as they brought the crane onto the building site.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of crane

as a noun

plural
cranes

as a verb

past tense
craned
present participle
craning
third-person singular
cranes
past participle
craned