| NOUN | person | Crane, Stephen Crane | United States writer (1871-1900) |
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| person | Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane | United States poet (1899-1932) | |
| object | Crane, Grus | a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix | |
| artifact | crane | lifts and moves heavy objects | |
| animal | crane | large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world | |
| VERB | body | crane, stretch out | stretch (the neck) so as to see better |
| Sounds | krey'n | |
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| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| Meaning | United States writer (1871-1900). | |
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| Synonym | Stephen Crane | |
| Instance of | writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
| Spanish | Crane, Stephen Crane | |
| Catalan | Stephen Crane | |
| Meaning | United States poet (1899-1932). | |
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| Synonyms | Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane | |
| Instance of | poet | A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) |
| Spanish | Crane, Harold Hart Crane, Hart Crane | |
| Catalan | Hart Crane | |
| Meaning | A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix. | |
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| Synonym | Grus | |
| Instance of | constellation | A configuration of stars as seen from the earth |
| Spanish | Grus | |
| Meaning | Lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis. | |
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| Narrower | davit | A crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat) |
| derrick | A simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom | |
| transporter | A crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships | |
| Broader | lifting device | A device for lifting heavy loads |
| Spanish | grúa | |
| Catalan | grua | |
| Meaning | large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world. | |
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| Member of | Gruidae, family Gruidae | cranes |
| Narrower | whooping crane, whooper, Grus americana | Rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call |
| Broader | wading bird, wader | Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
| Spanish | grúa, grulla | |
| Verbs | crane | stretch (the neck) so as to see better |
| Meaning | stretch (the neck) so as to see better. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" | |
| Synonym | stretch out | |
| Broader | stretch, extend | Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body |
| Spanish | estirarse | |
| Catalan | estirar-se | |
| Nouns | crane | large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world |
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