Crane vs. Stork

Cranenoun

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

Cranenoun

Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.

Cranenoun

A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

Cranenoun

An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.

Cranenoun

A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.

Cranenoun

(nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

Craneverb

(ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).

Craneverb

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

Craneverb

(intransitive) To pull up before a jump.

Cranenoun

A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.

Cranenoun

Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight.

Cranenoun

A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; - so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.

Cranenoun

An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.

Cranenoun

A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.

Cranenoun

A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., - generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.

Cranenoun

The American blue heron (Ardea herodias).

Craneverb

To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; - with up.

Craneverb

To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.

Craneverb

to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.

Cranenoun

United States writer (1871-1900)

Cranenoun

United States poet (1899-1932)

Cranenoun

lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis

Cranenoun

large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

Craneverb

stretch (the neck) so as to see better;

Storknoun

A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae.

Storknoun

(children's folklore) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.

Storknoun

(cartomancy) The seventeenth Lenormand card.

Storknoun

Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidæ, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Storknoun

large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage

Stork

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family called Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes .