(~s, craning, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
The little prefabricated hut was lifted away by a huge ~.
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2.
A ~ is a kind of large bird with a long neck and long legs.
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3.
If you ~ your neck or head, you stretch your neck in a particular direction in order to see or hear something better.
She ~d her neck to get a better view...
Children ~d to get close to him...
She ~d forward to look at me.
VERB: V n, V to-inf, V adv/prep