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cane

[ keyn ]

noun

  1. a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  2. a long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem, as that of bamboo, rattan, sugarcane, and certain palms.
  3. a plant having such a stem.
  4. split rattan woven or interlaced for chair seats, wickerwork, etc.
  5. any of several tall bamboolike grasses, especially of the genus Arundinaria, as A. gigantea cane reed, large cane, giant cane, or southern cane and A. tecta small cane, or switch cane, of the southern United States.
  6. the stem of a raspberry or blackberry.
  7. a rod used for flogging.
  8. a slender cylinder or rod, as of sealing wax or glass.


verb (used with object)

caned, caning.
  1. to flog with a cane.
  2. to furnish or make with cane:

    to cane chairs.

cane

1

/ °ì±ðɪ²Ô /

noun

    1. the long jointed pithy or hollow flexible stem of the bamboo, rattan, or any similar plant
    2. any plant having such a stem
    1. strips of such stems, woven or interlaced to make wickerwork, the seats and backs of chairs, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a cane chair

  1. the woody stem of a reed, young grapevine, blackberry, raspberry, or loganberry
  2. any of several grasses with long stiff stems, esp Arundinaria gigantea of the southeastern US
  3. a flexible rod with which to administer a beating as a punishment, as to schoolboys
  4. a slender rod, usually wooden and often ornamental, used for support when walking; walking stick
  5. a slender rod or cylinder, as of glass
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to whip or beat with or as if with a cane
  2. to make or repair with cane
  3. informal.
    to defeat

    we got well caned in the match

  4. cane it slang.
    to do something with great power, force, or speed or consume something such as alcohol in large quantities

    you can do it in ten minutes if you really cane it

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cane

2

/ °ì±ðɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a female weasel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦²¹²Ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦²¹²Ô±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
  • ³¦²¹²Ôy adjective
  • °ù±ð·³¦²¹²Ô±ð verb (used with object) recaned recaning
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦²¹²Ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cane1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin canna, from Greek °ìá²Ô²Ô²¹, from Semitic; compare Akkadian ±ç²¹²ÔÅ«, Hebrew ±çÄå²Ô±ð³ó “r±ð±ð»åâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cane1

C14: from Old French, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; related to Arabic ±ç²¹²ÔÄå³ó reed

Origin of cane2

C18: of unknown origin
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He is said to have subjected his victims to traumatic physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual attacks, including giving eight boys a total of 14,000 lashings with a garden cane in his shed.

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Before the macabre discovery in the sun-baked cane fields here, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum seldom alluded to the disappeared — though she regularly cites declining numbers of homicides, down from record highs a few years ago.

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The team dressed in Santa hats and reindeer antlers, throwing the slowly gyrating microphone to each other to speak while candy canes floated around their heads.

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He is nearly 70 years old, walking with a cane and dragging a battered suitcase down an empty street toward a skyline of burned and gutted buildings.

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Footage aired on local television showed him walking out of the airport using a cane.

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