crane

crane is a 5-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.
2. noun. A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.
5. noun. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
6. noun. A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.
7. transitive verb. To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.
8. transitive verb. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
9. intransitive verb. to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.
10. noun. large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
11. noun. lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
12. noun. a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix

    Synonyms: grus

13. noun. United States poet (1899-1932)
14. noun. United States writer (1871-1900)
15. verb. stretch (the neck) so as to see better

    "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"

Synonyms

grus

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in crane:

ancre, caner, carne, crena, nacre, rance

Common word forms

craned, craner, cranes, cranely, craning

Words from these letters

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