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# crane

noun (a crane, cranes); verb (crane, cranes, craned, craning)

«crane» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A crane is a very tall machine with a long arm used to lift and move heavy things, especially on building sites and at ports. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#m1)
2. A crane is also a large bird with long legs, a long neck and a long beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#m2)
3. To crane your neck is to stretch your neck to see something better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life tower cranes build tall buildings and dock cranes unload ships; in science they are examples of lifting machines using pulleys and levers. In nature lessons cranes are wading birds; in Japan a paper crane folded in origami is a symbol of peace and hope. Phrases: tower crane, crane driver, crane your neck, paper crane.

### Examples

- A huge crane lifted the steel beams to the top floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#x1)
- The crane unloaded the containers from the ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#x2)
- A crane stood in the marsh on one leg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#x3)
- We folded paper cranes in art class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#x4)
- I craned my neck to see over the crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#x5)
- The crane driver sits in a little cab high in the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#x6)
- Cranes fly in big flocks when they migrate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#x7)
- ‘Take this sack,’ said the crane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: a crane, cranes. Verb: crane, craned, craning (usually «crane your neck»). The machine was named after the bird because of its long neck. Safety: never walk under a load that a crane is lifting.

## In Jewish tradition

A migrating bird. Jeremiah says even birds know their season, but God's people do not know His law.

**Interpretation.** Jeremiah's point is read as a rebuke: birds follow their instinct, while people ignore God's commands. Hezekiah's sad cry like a bird shows his plea for healing.

### Examples

- Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. (Prophets ISA.38.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x1)
- Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD. (Prophets JER.8.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x2)

### Note

Countable noun: a crane, cranes. Verb: crane, craned, craning (usually «crane your neck»). The machine was named after the bird because of its long neck. Safety: never walk under a load that a crane is lifting.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crane/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crane.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «crane» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crane» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/crane.html) on Mova free.