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crane Definition

crane (krān)

noun

  1. pl. cranes or crane
    1. any of a family (Gruidae) of usually large gruiform wading birds with very long legs and neck, and a long, straight bill
    2. popularly any of various unrelated birds, as herons and storks
  2. any of various machines for lifting or moving heavy weights by means of a movable projecting arm or a horizontal beam traveling on an overhead support
  3. any device with a swinging arm fixed on a vertical axis a fireplace crane is used for holding a kettle

Etymology: ME < OE cran: akin to Du kraan, Ger kranich < IE *gr-on < base *ger-: see crow

transitive verb, intransitive verb craned, cran′·ing

  1. to raise or move with a crane
  2. to stretch (the neck) as a crane does, as in straining to see over something

Crane Definition

Crane (krān)

  1. Crane, (Harold) Hart 1899-1932; U.S. poet

  2. Crane, Stephen 1871-1900; U.S. novelist & short-story writer

crane Synonyms

crane

n.

lift, derrick, davit; see elevator 1.

crane Usage Examples

Preposition: on

skyline: In total, there are 27 cranes on the city center skyline.

Converse of object

  • erect: We hire site accomodation, materials handling equipment, generators, tower cranes, self erecting cranes, crawler cranes and marine equipment.
  • mount: Thanks to quick releases and a user friendly press-button system it is possible to mount the crane in less than 10 minutes.
  • grab: No. 4 Key, King's Dock, offering 400 m of quayside and three 10-tonne capacity grabbing cranes.

Adjective modifier

  • rail-mounted: There is a harbor connected to the plant, this had three large electric rail-mounted cranes, presumably to bring ore in.
  • whooping: This PBS page on the series, called The Life of Birds, has a few paragraphs toward the bottom about the whooping cranes.
  • hydraulic: The bag of goods was delivered by hydraulic crane.
  • lorry-mounted: The safest way is to use lifting plant such as a lorry-mounted crane, but many sites will not have suitable access.
  • Siberian: Ducks and partridges are also common, but all birds are hunted widely and many are becoming uncommon, including the endangered Siberian crane.
  • floating: There was also a huge floating crane which could lift up to 250 tons.

Modifies a noun

  • jib: We pass close by to the working area with a large magnet on a crane jib loading scrap metal into the unit.
  • barge: It's a large crane barge that was once used to offload ships in Aqaba.
  • hook: The vertical distance between the floor of the basket and the crane hook shall be no more that three meters.
  • fly: Has anyone else noticed a huge influx of crane fly?

Noun used with modifier

  • gantry: He created dynamic images ranging from steep perspectives of the gantry cranes, then down into the scarlet freight containers in the hold.
  • jib: In the right-hand corner is the shaft for a still working wooden jib crane.
  • sandhill: The sandhill crane has reddish patches on its head that could possibly be mistaken for large red eyes.
  • dockside: The company now has 25 trading subsidiaries, producing a range of engineering products from cement cooling machines to dockside cranes.
  • crawler: A comprehensive range of tower cranes and crawler cranes are available nationwide from the crane department.
  • stacker: The warehouse provides 23 tote stacker cranes for the efficient supply of 23 pick workstations that are located on two levels.