| anglais > français | |
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| crane | |
| 1. n. (Oiseaux) Grue (animal). | |
| 2. n. Grue (machine pour soulever des poids). | |
| 3. n. Potence de cheminée. | |
| 4. v. Allonger (le cou). | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| crane | |
| 1. n. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. |  |
| 2. n. (US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron. | |
| 3. n. A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes. | |
| 4. n. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire. | |
| 5. n. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. | |
| 6. n. (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs. | |
| 7. v. To extend (one's neck). | |
| 8. v. To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To pull up before a jump. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) The cranium. | |
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