Dictionary definition · Crane
noun
- United States writer (1871-1900)
- lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
- United States poet (1899-1932)
- large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
- a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Phoenix
verb
- stretch (the neck) so as to see better"The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).