Crane

What “Crane” means

Noun

1. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
2. Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
3. A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
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.

Verb

1. To extend (one's neck).
2. To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
3. To pull up before a jump.

Noun

1. The cranium.

Where the word comes from

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”). Cognate with Scots cran (“crane”), Dutch kraan (“crane”), German Low German Kroon (“crane”), German Kran (“crane”). The mechanical devices are named from their likeness to the bird.

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

Business name ideas with “Crane”

Industries where “Crane” fits

We suggest this word for 1 business types and industries, including:

• Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing