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crake
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What does crake mean?
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NounPlural: crakes |
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| crake - any of several short-billed Old World rails | ||
| rail any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | ||
| corncrake, crex crex, land rail common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crake (v. t. & i.)
To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. - crake (v. t. & i.)
To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. - crake (n.)
A boast. See Crack, n. - crake (n.)
Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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crake
krāk, v.i. to utter a cry like a crow, &c.—n. Crake′-berr′y, the crow-berry -
crake
krāk, n. a crow, raven, corncrake: (obs.) a boast. [See Corncrake.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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crake
A ship; a diminutive corrupted from carrack.
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🔤- crake, noun, singular of crakes.
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