Synonyms of the word

crane

• n. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during …
• n. (US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
• n. A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction…
• n. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles…
• n. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
• n. (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
• v. (transitive) To extend (one's neck).
• v. (transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.

author

• n. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
• n. Someone who writes books for a living.
• n. The works of an author or authors.
• v. (chiefly US) To create a work as its author.

constellation

• n. (also astronomy) An asterism, an arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure or pattern.
• n. An image associated with a group of stars.
• n. (modern astronomy) Any of the 88 officially by the IAU recognized regions of the sky, including all stars…
• n. (astrology) The configuration of planets at a given time (notably of birth), as used for determining a…
• n. (figuratively) A wide, seemingly unlimited assortment.
• n. (spaceflight) A fleet of satellites of the same purpose (such as the set of GPS satellites, or Iridium…
• n. A configuration or grouping.

extend

• v. (intransitive) To increase in extent.
• v. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent.
• v. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
• v. (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
• v. (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
• v. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
• v. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
• v. (Britain, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ…
• v. (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype…

poet

• n. A person who writes poems.

stretch

• v. (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
• v. (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
• v. (transitive) To pull tight.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
• v. (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity…
• v. (intransitive) To extend to a limit point.
• v. (transitive) To increase.
• v. (obsolete, colloquial) To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
• v. (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
• n. An act of stretching.
• n. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
• n. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief.
• n. A segment of a journey or route.
• n. A segment or length of material.
• n. (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead…
• n. (baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman…
• n. A length of time.
• n. (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
• n. (Ireland, idiomatic) extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared…

wader

• n. One who wades.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc.
• n. A long-legged bird associated with wetland or coastal environments.

writer

• n. A person who writes, or produces literary work.
• n. (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a…
• n. Anything that writes or produces output.