verb
definition
To extend (one's neck).
definition
To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
definition
To pull up before a jump.
Examples of craned in a Sentence
The woman craned her neck to look at something on a table behind the drawn curtain.
Lana turned to look at the speaker and craned her neck back.
She turned slowly and craned her head to confirm the design covered every inch of her exposed neck.
Carmen stood in the stirrups and craned her neck to see what was troubling him.
His eyes flashed, and she hurried to stand before him with her neck craned back to meet his gaze, toe-to-toe with the beast.
The track was removed from the mainline, and a point that was made surplice last winter will be craned in next weekend.
Rhyn.s voice made her heart skip a beat, and she craned her neck to see past Jared, who whirled.
She craned her head back to hold his silver gaze, a tremor of desire working its way through her.
The two trees whose girth had been small enough for her wrap her arms around had expanded in width and height, reaching towards the gray sky of the underworld. Katie craned her neck, unable to see the tops of the trees. Their trunks had grown outward from the trail until they were as wide as a football field. Their massive roots ruptured the ground that had been the trail, creating a ravine she could see even from their safe distance.