crane

English Thesaurus

1. large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	wader, wading bird,
definition	:	any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	grus americana, whooper, whooping crane,
definition	:	rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family gruidae, gruidae,
definition	:	cranes (noun.animal)

2. lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	lifting device,
definition	:	a device for lifting heavy loads (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	davit,
definition	:	a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat) (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	derrick,
definition	:	a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	transporter,
definition	:	a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships (noun.artifact)

3. a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	constellation,
definition	:	a configuration of stars as seen from the earth (noun.object)

4. United States poet (1899-1932) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	poet,
definition	:	a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) (noun.person)

5. United States writer (1871-1900) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	author, writer,
definition	:	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person)

6. stretch (the neck) so as to see better (verb.body)

hypernym	:	extend, stretch,
definition	:	extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body (verb.body)

7. large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world (noun.animal)

derivation	:	crane, stretch out,
definition	:	stretch (the neck) so as to see better (verb.body)

8. stretch (the neck) so as to see better (verb.body)

derivation	:	crane,
definition	:	large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world (noun.animal)

9. large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world (noun.animal)

derivation	:	crane, stretch out,
definition	:	stretch (the neck) so as to see better (verb.body)

10. stretch (the neck) so as to see better (verb.body)

derivation	:	crane,
definition	:	large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world (noun.animal)