crake

Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to crake: drake

crake

(krāk)

Any of several short-billed birds of the family Rallidae, such as the corncrake.

[Middle English, crow, probably from Old Norse krāka; see gerə- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

crake

(kreɪk)

(Zoology) zoology any of several rails that occur in the Old World, such as the corncrake and the spotted crake

[C14: from Old Norse krāka crow or krākr raven, of imitative origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

crake

(kreɪk)

n.

any of several short-billed rails, as the corn crake.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Old Norse krākr, krāki crow¹]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

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

Porzana porzana, spotted crake - Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes

Translations

-----------------------

Select a language:

References in classic literature ?

do you think Sir John Crake, the master of the harriers, knows Latin?" said Tom, who had often thought he should like to resemble Sir John Crake.

"Oh, well, I can do that, then," said Tom, not with any epigrammatic intention, but with serious satisfaction at the idea that, as far as Latin was concerned, there was no hindrance to his resembling Sir John Crake. "Only you're obliged to remember it while you're at school, else you've got to learn ever so many lines of 'Speaker.' Mr.

View in context

In 2018, the Company commenced drilling at the historic Crake prospect where previous work had located encouraging gold mineralisation within a porphyry host rock.

HORIZON MINERALS - BINDULI GOLD PROJECT AREA CONTINUES TO DELIVER EXCELLENT DRILLING RESULTS

- Follow up 56-hole RC drilling program now completed at the Crake and Coote prospects, part of the 100% owned Binduli gold project area, 9km west of Kalgoorlie in the Western Australian goldfields

Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX:HRZ) Drilling at Binduli Continues to Deliver Excellent Results

Katie Mae Crake wrote on Facebook: "I've been on this ride with my son.

Seven-year-old in theme park ride plunge is fighting for life

However The Star's landlord, Shaun Crake, has announced he will be opening The Tipsy Cow in the ex-Subway store on Acklam Road.

Star set to close but landlord says spirit will live on

However, neither broke the record for running from the first to the 91st floor, set by Australian Paul Crake in the men's event with 10:29.32 and the women's race by Austrian Andrea Mayr with 12:38.85, both in 2005.

Polish, Australian runners win again at Taipei 101 Run Up

KHAIRPUR -- Khairpur police started crake down against illegal running warehouse caved in at Khajoor Mandi (Date Palm Market) Khairpur, registered case against 19 caved (Batha owners), arrested four labourers on Sunday.

FIR registered against 19 datepalm traders

Jamie Crake, 28, formerly of Victoria Road in Port Talbot but now of no fixed address, had previously pleaded guilty to burglary when he appeared for sentencing.

Bookmaker's burglars spotted on live CCTV camera feed

In Atwood's chilling novel Oryx and Crake, the narrator Snowman takes us into a future of apocalyptic environmental damage.

Is This the Path We Want To Be On? Margaret Atwood's Latest Prescient Warning

Alison Crake of Stockton-based funeral directors Crake and Mallon is heading up the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) for the next 12 months.