Crossword-Solution: CRAKE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Crake | v. t. & i. | To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. |
| Crake | v. t. & i. | To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. |
| Crake | n. | A boast. See Crack, n. |
| Crake | n. | Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CRAKE | anagram | ACKER, CREAK |
We have 25 clues for the answer “CRAKE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| any of several short-billed Old World rails | 1 answer |
| Land rail | 1 answer |
| Bird with harsh voice. | 1 answer |
| Short-billed rail | 2 answers |
| Short-billed marsh bird | 2 answers |
| Short billed marsh bird | 2 answers |
| Relative of a rail | 2 answers |
| Coot relative | 2 answers |
| Bird of the rail family | 2 answers |
| RAIL-bird | 3 answers |
| CORNCRAKE | 3 answers |
| Rail bird | 3 answers |
| IRISH bird | 8 answers |
| crow, bird | 13 answers |
| SHORT-billed bird | 14 answers |
| SCOTTISH bird | 15 answers |
| Long-legged bird | 17 answers |
| Bird Abode | 18 answers |
| Marsh bird | 28 answers |
| Rail | 33 answers |
| AUSTRALIAN waterbird | 35 answers |
| Wading bird | 42 answers |
| BRITISH bird | 58 answers |
| Australian bird | 60 answers |
| European bird | 64 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ARONCE
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with CRAKE (5)
These must be larks; but their notes are not powerful enough to reach me, though they would were it not for the song in the hedges, the hum of innumerable insects, and the ceaseless "crake, crake" of landrails.
But let it be sword, lance, or bolt that strikes me down: for I should think it shame to die from an iron ball from the fire-crake or bombard or any such unsoldierly weapon, which is only fitted to scare babes with its foolish noise and smoke.” “I have heard much even in the quiet cloisters of these new and dreadful engines,” quoth Alleyne.
Then a nightingale began to give forth its long liquid gurgling; and a corn-crake churred in the young wheat.
The neighboring bush, though crammed with the merriest souls that ever made feathers vibrate and dance with song, was like a tomb of black marble; not a sound--only this little raven of a quail tolled her harsh, lugubrious crake.
Those whose musical creed is Time before Sentiment might have put up with this night-bird; for to do her justice she was a perfect timist--one crake in a bar the livelong night; but her tune--ugh! She was the mother of all files that play on iron throughout the globe.
Quotes with CRAKE (3)
You cynical shit," he told himself. Then he started to weep." Don't be so fucking sentimental," Crake used to tell him. But why not? Why shouldn't he be sentimental? It wasn't as if there was anyone around to question his
But if Crake wanted her to stay longer on any given night, do it again maybe, she'd make some excuse — jet lag, a headache, something plausible. Her inventions were seamless, she was the best poker-faced liar in the world, so there would be a kiss goodbye for stupid Crake, a smile, a wave, a closed door, and the next minute there she would be, with Jimmy.
The male frog, in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male frog with the biggest, deepest voice because it suggests a more powerful frog, one with superior genes. Small male frogs - it's been documented - discover that if they position themselves in empty drainpipes, the pipe acts as a voice amplifier, and the small frog appears much larger than it really is.""So?""So that's what art is, for the artist," said Crake. "An…
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1956–2013).