Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
crane (the bird) or some aspect of one. - adjective Resembling a crane (mechanical lifting device) or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The doctor was just maneuvering the large cranelike X-ray machine over Billy's back.
Baby Games Chelsea White 2010
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He sent for rope, horses, buffalo, timber, and man power from across Italy, constructing an elaborate cranelike apparatus to coax the monument into place.
'Encyclopedia of the Exquisite: An Anecdotal History of Elegant Delights' 2010
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He bent over cranelike and angled the light nearer to the floor.
The Merlot Murders Ellen Crosby 2006
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He bent over cranelike and angled the light nearer to the floor.
The Merlot Murders Ellen Crosby 2006
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He bent over cranelike and angled the light nearer to the floor.
The Merlot Murders Ellen Crosby 2006
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He bent over cranelike and angled the light nearer to the floor.
The Merlot Murders Ellen Crosby 2006
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"Tell me," says Dencer, standing erect by the desk, cranelike, but a predatory crane.
The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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Resting on the PAGE was a magnifying glass, and above the dictionary was a cranelike metal reading lamp, about four feet long.
THE EXTRA MAN JONATHAN AMES 1998
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Uncomfortably, the cadet shifted his weight from one long, cranelike leg to the other.
Recovery Dillard, J. M. 1995
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On the hard-packed beach, Eden stopped and emptied them, standing cranelike, first on one foot, then on the other.
Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984
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