Meaning

3 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To extend (one's neck).

    den Hals recken

    вытя́гиватьvytjágivatʹ, вы́тянутьvýtjanutʹ

    stretch (the neck) so as to see better

  2. (transitive)To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.

  3. (intransitive)To pull up before a jump.

Examples

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

    ruТы сделаешь мне бумажного журавлика? — Wezel

    deMachst du mir einen Kranich aus Papier? — Esperantostern

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

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

  4. 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

  5. Cranes are big beautiful birds.

    ruЖуравли — большие и красивые птицы. — Wezel

    deKraniche sind große, schöne Vögel. — Valodnieks

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to extend (one's neck):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to extend (one's neck):

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”).

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Forms

cranes, craning, craned, craned
Base formcrane · to crane
3rd person singularcranes
Present participlecraning
Past simplecraned
Past participlecraned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycrane
he, she, itcranes

Past simpleLesson

all personscraned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave craned
he, she, ithas craned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill crane

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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