crane
Tall wading bird
A crane is a large, long-legged wading bird known for its graceful neck and elaborate mating dances.
The bird's shape inspired the name for lifting machines—tall structures with long arms used to hoist and move heavy loads: Construction cranes dominated the skyline.
To crane is to stretch one's neck for a better view: She craned her neck to see over the crowd.
A crane shot in film moves the camera on such a device. (Capitalized Crane is a surname.)
Long-legged waterside bird
- storkLarge wading ciconiid
- egretWhite wading bird
- migrationMovement to new territory
- wadingTraversing shallow water on foot
wetlands · marsh · plumage · feathers · nesting · long-legged · waterfowl · flyway
Raise with tackle
- boomLoud deep sound
- jibTriangular sail forward
- towerTall slender edifice
- gantryOverhead spanning framework
derrick · rigging · winch · pulley · counterweight · hook · cable · operator
heron
Long-legged waterside bird
wading · wetlands · marsh · plumage · feathers · nesting · long-legged · waterfowl · flyway · roosting
hoist
Raise with tackle
gantry · derrick · rigging · winch · pulley · counterweight · hook · cable · operator · load
stretch
Pull to extend
lean · gaze · rubberneck · tiptoe · forward · curiosity · crowd · onlooker · glimpse · spectator
paper
Pressed pulp for writing
peace · Japanese · fold · delicate · wings · gift · tradition · mobile · garland
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, workers
- construction equipmentbackhoe, bulldozer, excavator, forklift, loader
- construction soundsdrilling, hammering, sawing, jackhammer, pile driver
- large birdsostrich, emu, cassowary, condor, albatross
- crane gamePrize-grabbing arcade machine
- whooping craneEndangered migratory wetland bird
- paper craneFolded bird figure
- crane your neck
- claw craneCoin-operated prize grabber
- origami craneFolded paper bird
cranes, craned, craning, tower crane, cranefly, crane fly, crane operator, crane operators