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craning

craning

1 4.3
The lifting of heavy objects using a crane
  • noun
  • /ˈkreɪnɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : elevación
  • neck craning

Examples

  • While their fellow travelers press up to gape at Earth's newest novelty—craning and stretching, not wanting to miss a thing—these two do not.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Visitors to prison screenings might have triggered constant neck craning to catch a glimpse of a VIP, long-winded introductions, a more crowded than usual chapel, whispering about what was going on, or frustration by some inmates about a disruption to the usual routine.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The workers performed craning to lift the heavy steel beams into place on the construction site.

  • During the project, craning was implemented to transport the massive concrete blocks to the upper floors.

  • A craning operation was essential for safely moving the large equipment without any risk of damage.

Synonyms

ginning
vscraning
  • Archaic
9.1

Moving heavy objects with a winch or hoist

uses a tall mechanical lifting machine rather than a hoist or winch

Surface Forms

craning singular
cranings plural

Morphology

craning = crane (transparent) = crane + ing

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the verb 'crane' with '-ing', referring to the act or process of using a crane.

Etymology

Craning comes from crane, the lifting machine, which was named after the long-necked bird because the machine's arm looks like a bird's neck. This is like the phrase 'to crane your neck' for stretching up, so craning means the act of 'lifting or moving heavy objects' with a crane.