cane

cane

the slender, jointed, usually flexible stem of any of certain plants, as bamboo or rattan
any plant with such a stem, as sugar cane or sorghum
the woody stem of a small fruiting or flowering plant, as the blackberry or rose
any of a genus (Arundinaria) of tall grasses of the S U.S.
a stick or rod used for flogging
1. walking stick (sense )
2. an aluminum or wooden rod with a curved handle, used for support in walking
a split rattan, used in weaving chair seats, wickerwork, etc.

Origin of cane

Middle English and Old French canne from Italian canna from L, reed, cane from Classical Greek kanna; probably from Assyrian qan? (or Classical Hebrew (language) qaneh), tube, reed from Sumerian gin

transitive verb

caned, can′ing

to flog with a cane
to make or furnish (chairs, etc.) with cane

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cane

noun

a. A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans.
b. A plant having such a stem.
c. Such stems or strips of such stems used for wickerwork or baskets.
A bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) native to the southeast United States, having long stiff stems and often forming canebrakes.
The stem of a raspberry, blackberry, certain roses, or similar plants.
Sugarcane.
A stick used as an aid in walking or carried as an accessory.
A rod used for flogging.
A glass cylinder made of smaller, variously colored glass rods that have been fused together, used in glassmaking.

transitive verb

caned, can·ing, canes

To make, supply, or repair with flexible woody material.
To hit or beat with a rod.

Origin of cane

Middle English from Old French from Latin canna small reed from Greek kanna of Semitic origin qnw

Related Forms:

can′er
noun

cane

top: cane strips used in basket weaving

bottom: crook-neck style walking cane

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural canes)

To do with a plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane.
1. (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
2. (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
3. (uncountable) Sugar cane.
4. (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool.
1. (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
2. (uncountable) Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
  The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
3. A lance or dart made of cane.
A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane.
1. (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
  After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.
2. (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
3. (countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.
(uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like.
A local European measure of length; the canna.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present canes, present participle caning, simple past and past participle caned)

To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
(UK, New Zealand, slang) To destroy.
(UK, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
(UK, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.
Don't hit me with that. It really canes!
Mate, my legs cane!
To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
to cane chairs

Origin

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'.

Proper noun

(linguistics) Abbreviation of Canadian English.

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cane - Medical Definition

A stick used as an aid in walking or carried as an accessory.

Related Forms:

can′er
n.

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