crane has definitions from the fields of zoology,verse,writing
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[ verb ] stretch (the neck) so as to see better

Synonyms

stretch_out

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

stretch

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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)

Related terms

poet

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[ noun ] (writing) United States writer (1871-1900)

Synonyms

stephen_crane

Related terms

writer

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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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