CRANE
What does "CRANE" mean?
A tall wading bird with long legs and neck, or a machine for lifting heavy loads.
Meanings
- A large long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Gruidae. A pair of cranes danced in the wetland at dawn.
- A tall machine with a projecting arm for lifting and moving heavy objects. A crane swung the steel beam into place atop the tower.
- To stretch out one's neck to see better. She craned her neck to catch a glimpse of the parade.
Did you know?
- The lifting machine is named after the bird: its long, reaching arm looked like a crane's neck - a comparison so natural that Greek and German also named the device after the bird.
Word origin
From Old English 'cran' (the bird); the machine was named after the bird because its long, jointed arm resembles a crane's outstretched neck - a metaphor found in several languages.
Remember it
Both CRANES reach high on a long neck - the bird in the marsh and the machine on the skyline are named the same for that very stretch.
A little poem
Steel neck, feathered neck-
both lean out over the world
to lift, or to feed.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the construction worker love birdwatching? Both jobs were about a good crane.
What it teaches
We name our machines after the living things they imitate; even our steel still dreams of wings.
Quick facts
What does CRANE mean?
A tall wading bird with long legs and neck, or a machine for lifting heavy loads.
Is CRANE a valid word?
Yes — CRANE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CRANE?
CRANE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CRANE come from?
From Old English 'cran' (the bird); the machine was named after the bird because its long, jointed arm resembles a crane's outstretched neck - a metaphor found in several languages.
What can CRANE teach us?
We name our machines after the living things they imitate; even our steel still dreams of wings.
How players do
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