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# crane

«crane» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a very tall machine with a long arm used to lift and move…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a crane, cranes); verb (crane, cranes, craned, craning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A crane is a very tall machine with a long arm used to lift and move heavy things, especially on building sites and at ports. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#m1)

2) A crane is also a large bird with long legs, a long neck and a long beak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#m2)

3) To crane your neck is to stretch your neck to see something better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A migrating bird. Jeremiah says even birds know their season, but God's people do not know His law. Interpretation: Jeremiah's point is read as a rebuke: birds follow their instinct, while people ignore God's commands. Hezekiah's sad cry like a bird shows his plea for healing. In the primary lessons: In everyday life tower cranes build tall buildings and dock cranes unload ships; in science they are examples of lifting machines using pulleys and levers. In nature lessons cranes are wading birds; in Japan a paper crane folded in origami is a symbol of peace and hope. Phrases: tower crane, crane driver, crane your neck, paper crane.

### examples

- Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. (Prophets ISA.38.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x1)
- Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD. (Prophets JER.8.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x2)
- A huge crane lifted the steel beams to the top floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x3)
- The crane unloaded the containers from the ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x4)
- A crane stood in the marsh on one leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x5)
- We folded paper cranes in art class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x6)
- I craned my neck to see over the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x7)
- The crane driver sits in a little cab high in the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x8)
- Cranes fly in big flocks when they migrate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x9)
- ‘Take this sack,’ said the crane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/#x10)

### note

Countable noun: a crane, cranes. Verb: crane, craned, craning (usually «crane your neck»). The machine was named after the bird because of its long neck. Safety: never walk under a load that a crane is lifting.

### In the corpora

- [Long legs let cranes wade in marshes and tall grass, and a long bill probes the mud for food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes/13/)
- [In the wetlands the red-crowned crane dances in the snow with its partner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/4/)
- [In Japan there is a tradition of folding 1,000 paper cranes for a wish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/16/)
- [The story that knights had to be lifted onto horses by cranes is a myth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals/11/)
- [A tower crane works like a seesaw.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crane» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crane/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.