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1. Stretch (the neck) so as to see better
   "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"
   - stretch out

1. Lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
    
2. Large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

1. United States poet (1899-1932)
   - Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane
    
2. United States writer (1871-1900)
   - Stephen Crane
    
3. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
   - Grus

Derived forms: craned, craning, cranes

Type of: author, constellation, extend, lifting device, poet, stretch, wader, wading bird, writer

Part of: family Gruidae, Gruidae

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