crane
has definitions from the fields of zoology,verse,writing
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[ verb ] stretch (the neck) so as to see better
Synonyms Examples "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" Used in print (Brett Halliday, The Careless Corpse....)Shayne drove westward from the Boulevard slowly , letting Rourke crane his head out the window and watch for street numbers . Related terms |
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[ noun ] lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
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[ noun ] (verse,writing) United States poet (1899-1932)
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 843
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[ noun ] (zoology) large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
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