Crane or cranes may be:
- Crane (bird), a large, long-necked bird
- Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting
- Crane (railroad), crane suited to use on railroads
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People
Surname
- See Crane (surname)
Fictional characters
- Alistair Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Denny Crane, lawyer on Boston Legal
- Fancy Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Fox Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Frasier Crane, title character of the sitcom Frasier
- the Graceful Crane, Japanese super-ninja in Bon Comics' "Duck-Girl & Crane" animation
- Ichabod Crane, protagonist in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Jonathan Crane, a. Cranes are large long-legged and long-necked Birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. A crane is a lifting machine equipped with a Winder, Wire ropes or Chains and sheaves that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to A railroad crane, ( crane car (US or breakdown crane (UK is a type of crane used on a railroad for one of three primary Crane is a Surname, and may refer to Alistair Crane Andy Crane Arthur G Alistair Ephraim Crane is a Fictional character and Supervillain on the NBC / DirecTV Soap opera Passions Dennis "Denny" Crane is a Fictional character on the Television series Boston Legal. Fancy Lopez-Fitzgerald (née Crane) is a Fictional character on the NBC / DirecTV Soap opera Passions and Nicholas Foxworth "Fox" Crane is a Fictional character on the NBC / DirecTV Soap opera Passions and was portrayed Dr Frasier W Crane (b 1952 is a fictional character on American television Sitcoms Frasier and Cheers. Ichabod Crane is a Fictional character in Washington Irving 's short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, first published in 1820 k. a Scarecrow (comics), a comic book villain in the Batman series by DC Comics
- Julian Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Martin Crane, character on the sitcom Frasier
- Niles Crane, character on the sitcom Frasier
- Pretty Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Sheridan Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
- Gareth Crane, 6th Beatle
Places
- United States
- Crane, Indiana
- Crane, Missouri
- Crane, Oregon
- Crane, Texas
- Crane Beach, in Ipswich, Massachusetts
- Crane Island (Washington), one of the San Juan Islands
- United Kingdom
- Crane, Hillingdon
Businesses
- Crane Co., an American industrial products company
- Crane Plumbing, a brand of plumbing fixtures made by American Standard Brands
- Crane & Co., supplier of paper for US banknotes
Martial arts
- Fujian White Crane, one of five animal-inspired constituent martial arts of the "Five Ancestors Fist" style
- Lama (martial art), which contains the practice of "Tibetan White Crane"
- Persatuan Gerak Badan, an Indonesian martial art whose symbol is a white crane (bird)
Military
- Cessna Crane, a British name for the United States built Cessna AT-17 Bobcat training aircraft
- USS Crane (DD-109), Wickes class destroyer, named after William M. The Scarecrow ( Dr Jonathan Crane) is a DC Comics Supervillain, an enemy of Batman. Julian Linus Crane is a Fictional character on the American Soap opera Passions. Martin "Marty" Crane is a character on the American Television show Frasier. Dr Niles Crane (born 1957) is a fictional character on the American Sitcom Frasier, a Spin-off of the popular show Pretty Crane is a Fictional character on the NBC / DirecTV Soap opera Passions. Sheridan Lopez-Fitzgerald (née Crane; formerly Boothe) is a Fictional character on the NBC / DirecTV Soap opera Crane is a town in Perry Township, Martin County, and Madison Township, Daviess County Indiana, United States. Crane is a city in Stone County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1390 at the 2000 census Crane is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States, northeast of Malheur Lake on Oregon Route 78 Crane is a city in and the County seat of Crane County, Texas, United States. Crane Beach is a 1234 acre conservation and recreation property located in Ipswich Massachusetts, immediately north of Cape Ann. Crane Island is one of the San Juan Islands in San Juan County Washington, USA. The Crane Company ( is an American industrial products company based in Stamford Connecticut. A plumbing fixture is a device which is part of a system to deliver and drain away water but which is also configured to enable a particular use American Standard Brands is a closely held manufacturer of Plumbing fixtures sold under the American Standard Crane Fiat Sanymetal Showerite and Eljer Brand names Crane & Co, based in Dalton Massachusetts, is a manufacturer of principally cotton-based paper products used in the printing of national currencies passports and banknotes The legend of the White Crane The Fāng family lived in Fujian, a province of China, in a place where there were many cranes Qīniáng's father Tibetan White Crane Ng Siu-Chung trained with Ng Siu-Chan in addition to Wong Lam-Hoi and Chu Chi-Yiu Persatuan Gerak Badan, (PGB Bangau Putih is a Martial art school and community association that was founded in Bogor, West Java in 1952 by the late WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout History Crane was launched 4 July 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Crane
Music
- Cranes (band), British dream rock band
- Dallas Crane, alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia
- Crane School of Music, in Potsdam, New York
Other uses
- Crane Clan of samurai in the Legend of the Five Rings games
- Crane fly, a family of insects
- Crane shot, in motion pictures, a shot taken with a camera mounted on a crane
- "Crane", in the philosophy of Daniel Dennett, a material process which dispenses with the need for extrinsic explanations or 'skyhooks' (see Darwin's Dangerous Idea)
- Crane (TV series), British adventure show from 1963-1965
Dictionary
crane
-noun
- A large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.
- A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
-verb
- (transitive) To extend (one's neck).
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