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What (who) is crâne - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Crane (martial arts); Cranes; Crane (disambiguation)
crane
crane1
¦ noun a large, tall machine used for moving heavy objects by suspending them from a projecting arm.
?a moving platform supporting a camera.
¦ verb
1. stretch out (one's neck) in order to see something.
2. move (an object) by means of a crane.
Derivatives
cranage noun
Origin
ME: figuratively from crane2.
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crane2
¦ noun a tall, long-legged, long-necked bird, typically with white or grey plumage and tail plumes. [Grus grus (common crane, Eurasia) and related species, family Gruidae.]
Origin
OE, of Gmc origin.
Crane (machine)
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![Helsinki, Finland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crane vehicle in Sörnäinen.jpg?width=200 "Helsinki, Finland]]")
![hoist]] is operated via a wired pushbutton station to move system and the load in any direction](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DCC38974rvancopp.jpg?width=200 "hoist]] is operated via a wired pushbutton station to move system and the load in any direction")
![[[Level luffing crane]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dillingen Kran.jpg?width=200 "[[Level luffing crane]]")
![[[Gantry crane]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hamburg.CTA.Altenwerder.BungaRaya.wmt.jpg?width=200 "[[Gantry crane]]")
![Cranes at shipyard in [[Kotka]], [[Finland]] in August 1968](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kotka shipyard August 1968 01.jpg?width=200 "Cranes at shipyard in [[Kotka]], [[Finland]] in August 1968")
![A gantry crane to put a [[stagecoach]] on a [[flat car]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maschine zum Übersetzen der Diligencen auf Eisenbahnwaggons.JPG?width=200 "A gantry crane to put a [[stagecoach]] on a [[flat car]]")
![Medieval (15th century) port crane for mounting masts and lifting cargo in [[Gdańsk]].<ref name="Matheus 1996, 346" />](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pl gdansk zuraw dlugiepobrzeze2006.jpg?width=200 "Medieval (15th century) port crane for mounting masts and lifting cargo in [[Gdańsk]].<ref name=\"Matheus 1996, 346\" />")
![Reconstruction of a 10.4 m high Roman ''Polyspastos'' powered by a treadwheel at [[Bonn]], Germany](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roemerkran.jpg?width=200 "Reconstruction of a 10.4 m high Roman ''Polyspastos'' powered by a treadwheel at [[Bonn]], Germany")
![An EOT overhead crane is used to move and build this [[submersible]], the [[Ictineu 3]], in a [[warehouse]] of [[Sant Feliu de Llobregat]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Submarí Ictineu 3 col·locat sota un pont grua.JPG?width=200 "An EOT overhead crane is used to move and build this [[submersible]], the [[Ictineu 3]], in a [[warehouse]] of [[Sant Feliu de Llobregat]].")
![jib]] failed due to an overload.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tower Cran break down (1).JPG?width=200 "jib]] failed due to an overload.")
![The Tower of Babel]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tretkran (Bruegel).jpg?width=200 "The Tower of Babel]]''")
![Tower crane at the inland harbour of [[Trier]] from 1413.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trier Germany Alter Krahnen.jpg?width=200 "Tower crane at the inland harbour of [[Trier]] from 1413.")
![Greco-Roman ''[[Trispastos]]'' ("Three-pulley-crane"), a simple crane type (150 kg load)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trispastos scheme.svg?width=200 "Greco-Roman ''[[Trispastos]]'' (\"Three-pulley-crane\"), a simple crane type (150 kg load)")
![Hammerhead crane ([[Finnieston Crane]]) in [[Glasgow]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wfm crane north rotunda.jpg?width=200 "Hammerhead crane ([[Finnieston Crane]]) in [[Glasgow]]")
![Sir William Armstrong]], inventor of the hydraulic crane.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William george armstrong.jpg?width=200 "Sir William Armstrong]], inventor of the hydraulic crane.")
![A woman driving a 20-ton [[O.E.T. crane]], 1914](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Woman driving 20 ton O.E.T. crane (15402565322).jpg?width=200 "A woman driving a 20-ton [[O.E.T. crane]], 1914")
![Vatican obelisk]] in 1586 by means of a lifting tower](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1586 Rome obelisk erection.jpg?width=200 "Vatican obelisk]] in 1586 by means of a lifting tower")
![An 1868 photo of a 15th-century crane on the unfinished south tower of [[Cologne Cathedral]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kölner Dom 1868 001.jpg?width=200 "An 1868 photo of a 15th-century crane on the unfinished south tower of [[Cologne Cathedral]]")
![Ishikawajima]] do Brasil – [[Rio de Janeiro]]. The cause of the accident was a lack of maintenance and misuse of the equipment.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shipyard Ishibras Ishikawajima Sermetal.JPG?width=200 "Ishikawajima]] do Brasil – [[Rio de Janeiro]]. The cause of the accident was a lack of maintenance and misuse of the equipment.")
![Tower crane atop [[Mont Blanc]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tower Crane.JPG?width=200 "Tower crane atop [[Mont Blanc]]")
![jib]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Кран с маховой стрелой.jpg?width=200 "jib]]")
TYPE OF MACHINE SPECIALISED IN LIFTING OBJECTS
Tower crane; Jib Crane; Tower cranes; Construction crane; Truck-mounted crane; Loader crane; Crane (apparatus); Machine crane; Crane (device); Jib crane; Hammerhead crane; Greek crane; Roman crane; Ancient crane; Hammerhead cranes; Crawler crane; Jack-up crane; History of the crane (machinery); Construction cranes; Crane (construction); Tower Crane; Giant cantilever crane; Franna; Crane truck; Truck crane; Yard crane; Cranes (machines); Pick and carry crane; Lifting tower; Stacker crane; Deck crane
A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy objects and transporting them to other places.
Crane (bird)
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![[[Demoiselle crane]]s (''Grus virgo'') in [[Mongolia]]: Central Asian populations of this species migrate to Northern India in the winter.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthropoides virgo -Mongolia -flying-8.jpg?width=200 "[[Demoiselle crane]]s (''Grus virgo'') in [[Mongolia]]: Central Asian populations of this species migrate to Northern India in the winter.")
 pair at Tsokar,Ladakh.jpg?width=200 "A pair of black-necked cranes (''Grus nigricollis'') foraging")
 couple parading ... (32457893122).jpg?width=200 "Blue crane (''Grus paradisea'') pair displaying")
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![A 1909 illustration of the fable of the geese and the cranes, from [[Aesop's Fables]]: The geese and the cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets. The cranes, being light of wing, fled away at his approach, while the geese, being slower of flight and heavier in their bodies, were captured.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward Julius Detmold71.jpg?width=200 "A 1909 illustration of the fable of the geese and the cranes, from [[Aesop's Fables]]: The geese and the cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets. The cranes, being light of wing, fled away at his approach, while the geese, being slower of flight and heavier in their bodies, were captured.")
![[[Eogruidae]] is an extinct lineage of mostly flightless stem-cranes. Pictured is the two-toed ''[[Ergilornis]]''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ergilornis.jpg?width=200 "[[Eogruidae]] is an extinct lineage of mostly flightless stem-cranes. Pictured is the two-toed ''[[Ergilornis]]''.")
![[[Grey-crowned crane]] (''Balearica pavonina'') in captivity at [[Martin Mere]], UK](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grey crowned crane at Martin Mere.JPG?width=200 "[[Grey-crowned crane]] (''Balearica pavonina'') in captivity at [[Martin Mere]], UK")
![[[Red-crowned crane]]s (''Grus japonensis'')](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Japanse kraanvogels in Akan International Crane Centre, -24 februari 2012 a.jpg?width=200 "[[Red-crowned crane]]s (''Grus japonensis'')")
![picture]] by [[Józef Chełmoński]], [[1870]], 44 cm (17.3 in) x 58 cm (22.8 in), [[National Museum in Cracow]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Józef Chełmoński - Odlot żurawi (1870).jpg?width=200 "picture]] by [[Józef Chełmoński]], [[1870]], 44 cm (17.3 in) x 58 cm (22.8 in), [[National Museum in Cracow]]")
![[[Common crane]]s (''Grus grus'') in Israel: Many species of crane gather in large groups during migration and on their wintering grounds.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PikiWiki Israel 7524 Cranes.JPG?width=200 "[[Common crane]]s (''Grus grus'') in Israel: Many species of crane gather in large groups during migration and on their wintering grounds.")
![The bare area of skin on the face of a [[sandhill crane]] can change colour or even expand in area when the bird is excited.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sandhill bare areas.jpg?width=200 "The bare area of skin on the face of a [[sandhill crane]] can change colour or even expand in area when the bird is excited.")
![trachea]] that produces the trumpeting calls of cranes ([[sarus crane]], ''Antigone antigone'')](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SarusTrachea.jpg?width=200 "trachea]] that produces the trumpeting calls of cranes ([[sarus crane]], ''Antigone antigone'')")
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![''Crane'', 18th century, by Mitsusuke (1675–1710), [[National Museum in Kraków]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mitsusuke - Zuraw - MNK VI-8203 (503439).jpg?width=200 "''Crane'', 18th century, by Mitsusuke (1675–1710), [[National Museum in Kraków]]")
![''Pine, Plum and Cranes'', 1759, by Shen Quan (1682—1760), hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, the [[Palace Museum]], [[Beijing]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pine, Plum and Cranes.jpg?width=200 "''Pine, Plum and Cranes'', 1759, by Shen Quan (1682—1760), hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, the [[Palace Museum]], [[Beijing]]")
![Văn Miếu]] (Temple of Literature) in [[Hà Nội]], [[Vietnam]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Main hall, Văn Miếu (Hanoi, Vietnam - 2006).jpg?width=200 "Văn Miếu]] (Temple of Literature) in [[Hà Nội]], [[Vietnam]]")
![Dwarves]] fighting cranes in northern Sweden, a 16th-century drawing by [[Olaus Magnus]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hdgs Cranes fighting Dwarfes.gif?width=200 "Dwarves]] fighting cranes in northern Sweden, a 16th-century drawing by [[Olaus Magnus]]")
![Cranes folded in [[origami paper]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cranes made by Origami paper.jpg?width=200 "Cranes folded in [[origami paper]]")
![''Songha'' (Korean), ''Cranes and Pines'', 19th century. [[Brooklyn Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brooklyn Museum - Cranes and Pines - Songha.jpg?width=200 "''Songha'' (Korean), ''Cranes and Pines'', 19th century. [[Brooklyn Museum]]")
![Brass Crane Perched on a Tortoise, c. 1800–1894, from the Oxford College Archive of [[Emory University]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brass Crane Perched on a Tortoise, c. 1800-1894.jpg?width=200 "Brass Crane Perched on a Tortoise, c. 1800–1894, from the Oxford College Archive of [[Emory University]]")
FAMILY OF BIRDS
Gruidae; Crane (zoology); Crane bird; Alectorine
Cranes are a family, the Gruidae, of large, long-legged, and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes. The 15 species of cranes are placed in three genera, Antigone, Balearica, and Grus.
