VividLex

Home / Dictionary / crake

crake

6 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

1. v. t. & i. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. Source: opted
2. v. t. & i. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. Source: opted
3. n. A boast. See Crack, n. Source: opted
4. n. Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake. Source: opted
5. n. any of several short-billed Old World rails Source: wordnet
6. n. any of several short-billed Old World rails Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

boast called loudly rails short-billed world bird boastfully corncrake crack genera harshly like rail singular speak species

Word family

crakeberry craker crakes

Nearby in the alphabet

cragging craggy crags cragsman

Open full thesaurus page for crake · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Thesaurus hub Word of the day Dictionary guide Learn POS

Search dictionary Related words Home