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Verb crank has 5 senses
- zigzag, crank - travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- crank, crank up - start by cranking; "crank up the engine"
--2 is one way to start, start up
Sample sentence:
These cars won't crank
- crank, crank up - rotate with a crank
--3 is one way to rotate, circumvolve
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- crank - fasten with a crank
--4 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- crank - bend into the shape of a crank
--5 is one way to flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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