Meaning

7 senses
  1. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

    Kranich

    жура́вльžurávlʹ

    жураве́льžuravélʹ

    large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

  2. (US, dialectal)Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.

  3. A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

    Kran

    кранkran, подъёмный кранpodʺjómnyj kran

    кранkran, двигу́нdvyhún, підйо́мний кранpidjómnyj kran

  4. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.

  5. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.

  6. A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

  7. (obsolete)The cranium.

Examples

78 sentences
  1. Will you make me a paper crane?

    ruТы сделаешь мне бумажного журавлика?

    deMachst du mir einen Kranich aus Papier?

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  2. "I can't fold another crane," she said to herself.

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  3. "I can't even fold one more crane," she said to herself.

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  4. Tom folded the piece of paper into a crane.

    ruТом сложил из листа бумаги журавлика.

    deTom faltete ein Stück Papier zu einem Kranich.

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  5. Cranes are big beautiful birds.

    ruЖуравли — большие и красивые птицы.

    deKraniche sind große, schöne Vögel.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
bird:
machinery:
Русский
By meaning 2
bird:
machinery:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
bird:
machinery:

Origin

From Middle English crane, from Old English cran (“crane”), from Proto-West Germanic *kran

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”).

From Middle English crane, cranee, from Old French cran, from Medieval Latin crānium.

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