Home › Words › C › cranecrane/kɹɛɪn/crane means A surname.crane is pronounced /kɹɛɪn/.Etymology* As an English surname, from the noun crane. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Krane. * As a German surname, adaptation of Krahn and Krahnich.nameA surname.A placename:; A minor river in Dorset, England, which becomes the Moors River near Verwood; the name is a back-formation from Cranborne.A placename:; A minor river in Greater London, England, which joins the Thames between St Margarets and Isleworth.A placename:; A place in the United States:; A town in Perry Township, Martin County, Indiana.A placename:; A place in the United States:; A town in Stone County, Missouri.A placename:; A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Richland County, Montana.A placename:; A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Harney County, Oregon.A placename:; A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Crane County, Texas.A placename:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia.A placename:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington.nounAny bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.e.g.“Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]” — 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 111:An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.The cranium.verbTo extend (one's neck).e.g.“and my bachelor's hearth is imbedded where by much craning of head and neck I can catch sight of a sycamore in the Square garden,” — 1879, George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such:To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.e.g.“What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens.” — 1693, William Bates, Sermons preach'd on Several Occasions:To pull up before a jump.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.craning 79% match — The act of one who cranes. vs crane →craner 73% match — One who cranes. vs crane →cranelike 65% match — Resembling or characteristic of a crane (the bird). vs crane →crankle 59% match — A bend, twist or crinkle. vs crane →cranage 59% match — The use of a crane to hoist goods. vs crane →crooknecked 57% match — Having a crooked neck. vs crane →crake 56% match — Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills. vs crane →courb 56% match — To bend; to bow. vs crane →