crake
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crake¹
- /ˈkɹeɪk/
Rhymes with -eɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English crak, crake, from Old Norse kráka (“crow”), from Proto-Germanic *krak-, *kra- (“to croak, caw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-, itself onomatopoeic.
noun crakes · Crake
- Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
verb crakes · craking · craked · Crake
- To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake. How still ! how very still it is, So silent it appears, E'en from its intensity, To tingle in mine ears. I hear the sheep-bell far away In the calm breathless night; The corncrake begins to crake . Crake, crake, with all its might.
crake²
- /ˈkɹeɪk/
Rhymes with -eɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English craken, from Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian kroakje, West Frisian kreakje, Dutch kraken, Low German kraken, French craquer (< Germanic), German krachen.
verb crakes · craking · craked · Crake
- To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. I hyred the to fyght agaynste Alexander, and not to crake and prate.
noun crakes · Crake
- A crack; a boast.
Crake³
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of crake
Translations
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noun any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
| Español | polluela |
|---|---|
| Română | ralid, cristei |
| Русский | дерга́ч dergáč, коросте́ль korostélʹ |
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title = {crake},
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