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Noun crane has 4 senses
- Crane, Stephen Crane - United States writer (1871-1900)
--1 is a kind of writer, author
- Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane - United States poet (1899-1932)
--2 is a kind of poet
- crane - lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
--3 is a kind of lifting device
--3 has particulars: davit; derrick; transporter
- crane - large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
--4 is a kind of wading bird, wader
--4 is a member of Gruidae, family Gruidae
--4 has particulars: whooping crane, whooper, Grus americana
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"
--1 is one way to stretch, extend
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