Cane Definition

kān

caned, canes, caning

noun

canes

The slender, jointed, usually flexible stem of any of certain plants, as bamboo or rattan.

Webster's New World

Any plant with such a stem, as sugar cane or sorghum.

Webster's New World

The woody stem of a small fruiting or flowering plant, as the blackberry or rose.

Webster's New World

A bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) native to the southeast United States, having long stiff stems and often forming canebrakes.

American Heritage

Any of a genus (Arundinaria) of tall grasses of the S U.S.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

caned, canes, caning

To make, supply, or repair with flexible woody material.

American Heritage

To flog with a cane.

Webster's New World

To hit or beat with a rod.

American Heritage

To make or furnish (chairs, etc.) with cane.

Webster's New World

To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

pronoun

(linguistics) Abbreviation of Canadian English.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Cane

Singular:

cane

Plural:

From Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Aramaic qanhā, qanyā, from Akkadian qanu 'tube, reed', from Sumerian gin 'reed'.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Latin canna small reed from Greek kanna of Semitic origin qnw in Semitic roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition