Crane

Definitions

1. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
2. The cranium.
   obsolete
3. A surname.
   countable
4. Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
   US, dialectal
5. A placename:
   countable, uncountable
6. A minor river in Dorset, England, which becomes the Moors River near Verwood; the name is a back-formation from Cranborne.
   countable, uncountable
7. A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
8. A minor river in Greater London, England, which joins the Thames near Twickenham.
   countable, uncountable
9. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
10. A town in Martin County, Indiana, United States.
    countable, uncountable
11. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
12. A town in Stone County, Missouri, United States.
    countable, uncountable
13. A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
14. A census-designated place in Harney County, Oregon, United States.
    countable, uncountable
15. A city, the county seat of Crane County, Texas, United States.
    countable, uncountable
16. An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia, United States.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.”

“Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]”

CEFR level