Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to crane
Participle: craned
Gerund: craning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | crane |
| you | crane |
| he;she;it | cranes |
| we | crane |
| you | crane |
| they | crane |
Perfect
| I | have craned |
| you | have craned |
| he;she;it | has craned |
| we | have craned |
| you | have craned |
| they | have craned |
Past
| I | craned |
| you | craned |
| he;she;it | craned |
| we | craned |
| you | craned |
| they | craned |
Pluperfect
| I | had craned |
| you | had craned |
| he;she;it | had craned |
| we | had craned |
| you | had craned |
| they | had craned |
Future
| I | will crane |
| you | will crane |
| he;she;it | will crane |
| we | will crane |
| you | will crane |
| they | will crane |
Future Perfect
| I | will have craned |
| you | will have craned |
| he;she;it | will have craned |
| we | will have craned |
| you | will have craned |
| they | will have craned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | crane |
| you | crane |
| he;she;it | crane |
| we | crane |
| you | crane |
| they | crane |
Perfect
| I | have craned |
| you | have craned |
| he;she;it | have craned |
| we | have craned |
| you | have craned |
| they | have craned |
Imperfect
| I | craned |
| you | craned |
| he;she;it | craned |
| we | craned |
| you | craned |
| they | craned |
Pluperfect
| I | had craned |
| you | had craned |
| he;she;it | had craned |
| we | had craned |
| you | had craned |
| they | had craned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would crane |
| you | would crane |
| he;she;it | would crane |
| we | would crane |
| you | would crane |
| they | would crane |
Perfect
| I | would have craned |
| you | would have craned |
| he;she;it | would have craned |
| we | would have craned |
| you | would have craned |
| they | would have craned |
Imperative
| you | crane |
| we | Let's crane |
| you | crane |
Verbs conjugated like 'crane'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'crane'
cane,
crake,
crank,
crape,
crase,
crate,
crave,
craze,
grane,
acrase,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English crane, from Old English cran (“crane”), from Proto-West Germanic *kran, *kranō, from Proto-Germanic *kranô (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).
2. Cognate with Scots cran (“crane”), Dutch kraan (“crane”), German Low German Kroon (“crane”), German Kran (“crane”). The mechanical devices are named from their likeness to the bird.
Sample Sentences
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and my bachelor's hearth is imbedded where by much craning of head and neck I can catch sight of a sycamore in the Square garden, [1879, George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such:]
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Didcot had one definite pleasure. We knew that little boys would be going up and down the platform singing out, "Banbury cakes! Banbury cakes!" And mother would crane out and buy some, just to encourage the crew. [1948 November and December, “By Broad Gauge to Cornwall”, in Railway Magazine, page 357:]
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I'm gonna be a star and people will crane necks
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To get a glimpse of me and see if I am having sex [2008, Rivers Cuomo, “Troublemaker”, in Weezer (Red Album), performed by Weezer:]
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What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens. [1693, William Bates, Sermons preach'd on Several Occasions:]
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an upstart craned up to the height he has [1619, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry:]
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Several overnight weekend possessions were required to crane in new bridges and various other parts of the buildings which were manufactured offsite. [2024 January 24, Peter Plisner, “Rising to the University challenge”, in RAIL, number 1001, pages 60-61:]