Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)cranelifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis (n)cranelarge long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world Verbs
(v)crane, stretch outstretch (the neck) so as to see better“The women craned their necks to see the President drive by”