crane
Noun
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United States writer (1871-1900) (synset 110934199)
instance hypernym: author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)synonym: stephen crane
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United States poet (1899-1932) (synset 110934083)
instance hypernym: poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)synonym: harold hart crane, hart crane
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A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix (synset 109318361)
instance hypernym: constellation - a configuration of stars as seen from the earthsynonym: grus
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Lifts and moves heavy objects;
Lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis (synset 103131358)hypernym: lifting device - a device for lifting heavy loadshyponym:- davit - a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)
- derrick - a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom
- transporter - a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships
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Large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world (synset 102015503)
hypernym: wader, wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of foodhyponym: grus americana, whooper, whooping crane - rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting callmember meronym: family gruidae, gruidae - cranes
Verb
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Stretch (the neck) so as to see better (synset 200028160)
"The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"synonym: stretch out
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