Synonyms for crane

Noun

1. Crane, Stephen Crane, writer, author

usage: United States writer (1871-1900)

2. Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane, poet

usage: United States poet (1899-1932)

3. crane, lifting device

usage: lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis

4. crane, wading bird, wader

usage: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

Verb

1. crane, stretch out, stretch, extend

usage: stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"