crane

1. 1.

   stretch (the neck) so as to see better

   “The women craned their necks to see the President drive by”

   Synonymsstretch out

   Broaderstretch

Other forms of crane

plural

cranes·

past tense

craned·

present participle

craning·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crane

What does crane mean?

crane means "United States writer (1871-1900)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crane?

crane has 1 syllable: crane. In IPA it is /ˈkɹeɪn/.

What is another word for crane?

Close synonyms include Stephen Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane, Grus, stretch out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crane a common word?

crane is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with crane?

1 word rhymes with crane. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.