crane

CEFRB1

/kɹeɪn/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A tall machine used to lift and move heavy objects.

  2. 02

    noun

    A large bird with long legs and a long neck.

Examples

  • "I can't even make a crane," she said to herself.

  • It was the last crane she ever made.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /kɹæɪn/
  • /kɾen/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

  2. Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.

  3. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

More examples

In context

  • On top of the statue, Sadako is holding a golden crane over her head.

  • 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[.]

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Origin

noun

From Middle English crane, from Old English cran (“crane”), from Proto-West Germanic *kran, *kranō, from Proto-Germanic *kranô (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate with Scots cran (“crane”), Dutch kraan (“crane”), German Low German Kroon (“crane”), German Kran (“crane”). The mechanical devices are named from their likeness to the bird.