Crossword-Solution: CRANE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Crane | n. | A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. |
| Crane | n. | A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. |
| Crane | n. | A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick. |
| Crane | n. | An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire. |
| Crane | n. | A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. |
| Crane | n. | A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. |
| Crane | v. t. | To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up. |
| Crane | v. t. | To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully. |
| Crane | v. i. | to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CRANE | anagram | ANCRE, CANER, CARNE, CERNA, CRENA, NACRE, NERAC, RANCE, RECAN |
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The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
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CORAEN
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COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with CRANE (5)
The Wolf and the Crane A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone.
Box 7007, Kampala); telephone [256] (41) 259792, 259793, 259795 _#_Flag: six equal horizonal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the staff side _*_Economy _#_Overview: Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt.
Then the Crane put its long neck down the Wolf’s throat, and with its beak loosened the bone, till at last it got it out.
Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” Ichabod Crane’s scholars certainly were not spoiled.
Box 7007, Kampala); telephone [256] (41) 259792, 259793, 259795 :Uganda Government Flag: six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the staff side :Uganda Economy Overview: Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt.
Quotes with CRANE (3)
Beasts bounding through time. Van Gogh writing his brother for paints Hemingway testing his shotgun Celine going broke as a doctor of medicinethe impossibility of being human Villon expelled from Paris for being a thief Faulkner drunk in the gutters of his townthe impossibility of being human Burroughs killing his wife with a gun Mailer stabbing histhe impossibility of being human Maupassant going mad in a rowboat Dostoevsky lined up against a wall to be shot Crane off the ba…
The workings of the male mind are twisted indeed." Winnifred Crane
Too many poets act like a middle-aged mother trying to get her kids to eat too much cooked meat, and potatoes with drippings (tears). I don't give a damn whether they eat or not. Forced feeding leads to excessive thinness (effete). Nobody should experience anything they don't need to, if they don't need poetry bully for them. I like the movies too. And after all, only Whitman and Crane and Williams, of the American poets, are better than the movies.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 458 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).