craning
Stretching to see
Craning is stretching the neck forward and upward to see something better, like the long-necked bird.
The word almost always appears with "neck": She was craning her neck to see over the crowd.
The gesture suggests straining to glimpse something just out of view.
Extending muscles or material
- strainingExerting intense effort
- extendingIncreasing in reach
- leaningTendency toward something
- peeringStudying something with concentration
tilting · twisting · angling · arching · jutting · reaching · forward · upward
Studying something with concentration
- gazingProlonged, intent looking
- watchingActively looking at something
- observingPerceiving attentively
- scanningSystematic visual examination
searching · straining · squinting · glimpsing · spotting · sightseeing · rubbernecking · curiosity
Triangular sail forward
- hoistRaise with tackle
- boomLoud deep sound
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- gantryOverhead spanning framework
crawler · telescopic · hydraulic · rigging · winch · pulley · counterweight · outriggers
stretching
Extending muscles or material
peering · tilting · twisting · angling · arching · jutting · reaching · forward · upward · rubbernecking
peering
Studying something with concentration
scanning · searching · straining · squinting · glimpsing · spotting · sightseeing · rubbernecking · curiosity · spectating
jib
Triangular sail forward
gantry · crawler · telescopic · hydraulic · rigging · winch · pulley · counterweight · outriggers · hook
- head and neck movementsnodding, head tilt, neck rotation, turning, looking up
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
craningretracting
Withdrawing a statement
withdrawing · ducking · hunching · slouching · pulling back
craningaverting
Preventing by action
looking away · turning away · ignoring · disengaging · tuning out