CRANES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

cranes

verb

present tense third-person singular of crane

as in lifts

to move from a lower to a higher place or position craned her head to see the roof

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Recent Examples of cranes The main difference is that Ruisdael cranes upward, to behold a castle on a hill, whereas Vermeer levels his gaze across open water. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Greta cranes her neck to see how many other phones are in there, how many other patrons there may be in the Found Object Society tonight. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Gathered in a stand of trees, onto the branches of which some have lifted themselves, the crowd cranes to take in the scene. — Michael Lobel, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026 The contrasting Top Ride mode cranes the camera up from behind your racer to a bird's-eye view of the entire track. — NPR, 19 Nov. 2025 An opening shot of the night sky cranes down to a bank of satellites that immediately recalls Contact, the Robert Zemeckis sci-fi thriller that also starts with scientists trying to parse a message from a distant star system. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

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The win got Frosinone back on track after a 3-0 loss to Napoli last weekend and lifts it into fifth place in the Serie A table.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Victory lifts Shakhtar to 11th in the early league-phase table, behind Bayern Munich on goal difference and ahead of both Manchester City and Manchester United.

— Simon Johnson, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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The boy then hoists a mop above his head before laying it on the floor and mopping it.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Peter Zumthor’s design hoists a serpentine platform atop pavilions that read like stout, truncated legs, making the edifice almost creaturely in its architectural stance.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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