Crossword clues for craning
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crane \Crane\ (kr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craned (kr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Craning.]
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To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up. [R.]
What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest heavens.
--Bates.An upstart craned up to the height he has.
--Massinger. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
--G. Eliot.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who cranes. vb. (present participle of crane English)
Usage examples of "craning".
Ayla was craning her neck to look at the exquisitely crafted tools nestled in the soft leather on the ground, not daring to touch.
She seemed, too, to be unusually restless, opening the windows and looking out with forlorn cranings of her neck as if she too were watching for her master.