n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: craned ; cran · ing
Date: 1570
transitive verb
1 : to raise or lift by or as if by a crane
2 : to stretch (as the neck) toward an object of attention < craning her neck to get a better view>
intransitive verb
1 : to stretch one's neck toward an object of attention <I craned out of the window of my compartment ― Webb Waldron>
2 : HESITATE