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1. (n.) crake
any of several short-billed rails, as the corn crake.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < ON krākr, krākicrow1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) crake
any of several short-billed Old World rails
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1. (noun) crake
a boast. See Crack, n
2. (noun) crake
any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake
3. crake
to cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake
4. crake
to boast; to speak loudly and boastfully
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