Overview of noun crane

The noun crane has 5 senses

• Crane, Stephen Crane -- (United States writer (1871-1900))


• Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane -- (United States poet (1899-1932))


• Grus, Crane -- (a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix)


• crane -- (lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis)


• crane -- (large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world)

Overview of verb crane

The verb crane has 1 sense

• crane, stretch out -- (stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by")