- crake
- noun /ˈkɹeɪk/lang=enAny of several birds, of the family Rallidae, that have short bills.
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Crake — (kr[=a]k), v. t. & i. [See {Crack}.] 1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. [1913 Webster] 2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crake — heißen: der River Crake, Abfluss des Coniston Water und Zufluss des Leven (Cumbria) im englischen Lake District Paul Crake (* 1976), australischer Radrennfahrer Diese Seite ist eine Begriff … Deutsch Wikipedia
Crake — Crake, n. A boast. See {Crack}, n. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crake — Crake, n. [Cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow, kr[=a]kr raven, Sw. kr[*a]ka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. {Crow}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any species or rail of the genera {Crex} and {Porzana}; so called from its singular cry. See {Corncrake}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crake — [krāk] n. pl. crakes or crake [ME crak < ON kraka,CROW1] any of several rails with long legs and a short bill; esp., the corncrake … English World dictionary
crake — /krayk/, n. any of several short billed rails, esp. the corn crake. [1275 1325; ME < ON krakr, kraki CROW] * * * ▪ bird any of numerous marsh birds of the family Rallidae (order Gruiformes), generally any small rail (q.v.) in which the bill is… … Universalium
Crake — This name, with variant spellings Crake and Creyk, is of northern English locational origin from a place in the North Riding of Yorkshire called Crayke. Recorded as Crec in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, dated 685 A.D. and as Creic in the Domesday… … Surnames reference
crake — [[t]kreɪk[/t]] n. orn any of several short billed rails, as the corn crake • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < ON krākr, krāki crow I … From formal English to slang
crake — /kreɪk / (say krayk) noun any of various small, widely distributed birds of the family Rallidae, frequenting swamps and reedy margins of lakes, as the spotless crake, Porzana tabuensis, of Australasia, New Zealand and Pacific islands. {Middle… …
crake — griežlės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Crex angl. crake rus. дергач, m; коростель, m pranc. crex, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – vandeninės vištos siauresnis terminas – afrikinė griežlė siauresnis terminas – paprastoji… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
crake — a crow ; hence crake berries, crow berries. N … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
