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crank - a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle |
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starter |
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hand tool a tool used with workers' hands
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crank handle,
starting handle crank used to start an engine
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| verbo |
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crank - bend into the shape of a crank |
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bend,
deform,
flex,
turn,
twist change direction; "The road bends"
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crank - rotate with a crank |
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circumvolve,
rotate plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
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crank - fasten with a crank |
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fasten,
fix,
secure attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
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crank - start by cranking; "crank up the engine" |
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start,
start up play in the starting lineup
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| adjective |
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crank - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail |
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cranky,
tender,
tippy |
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unstable highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds"
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boat a small vessel for travel on water
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