crane
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
stretch (the neck) so as to see better
The women craned their necks to see the President drive by
Types & categories
- stretch hypernym
Related & opposite
- crane derivation
Sense 2 noun
lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
Types & categories
- lifting device hypernym
- davit hyponym
- derrick hyponym
- transporter hyponym
Sense 3 noun
large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
Types & categories
- wading bird hypernym
- whooper hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Gruidae member holonym
Related & opposite
- crane derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crane |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stretch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lifting device |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | davit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | derrick |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | transporter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crane |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Gruidae |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | wading bird |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whooper |