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crane

English

  1. 🔊 large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
  2. 🔊 lifts and moves heavy objects
  3. 🔊 United States poet (1899-1932)
  4. 🔊 United States writer (1871-1900)
  5. 🔊 a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
  6. 🔊 stretch (the neck) so as to see better
    “The women craned their necks to see the President drive by”

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