crane
To extendTo extend (one's neck).
» Will you make me a paper crane?
Machst du mir einen Kranich aus Papier?
Ты сделаешь мне бумажного журавлика?
Meaning
3 senses(ambitransitive)To extend (one's neck).
den Hals recken
вытя́гиватьvytjágivatʹ, вы́тянутьvýtjanutʹ
stretch (the neck) so as to see better
(transitive)To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
(intransitive)To pull up before a jump.
Examples
78 sentencesWill you make me a paper crane?
ruТы сделаешь мне бумажного журавлика? — Wezel
deMachst du mir einen Kranich aus Papier? — Esperantostern
"I can't fold another crane," she said to herself.
"I can't even fold one more crane," she said to herself.
Tom folded the piece of paper into a crane.
ruТом сложил из листа бумаги журавлика. — marafon
deTom faltete ein Stück Papier zu einem Kranich. — raggione
Cranes are big beautiful birds.
ruЖуравли — большие и красивые птицы. — Wezel
deKraniche sind große, schöne Vögel. — Valodnieks
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English crane, from Old English cran (“crane”), from Proto-West Germanic *kranFrom 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”).
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Forms
cranes, craning, craned, cranedSynonyms
1 synonyms- stretch (the neck) so as to see better:stretch out
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle