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
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
pronoun
(linguistics) Abbreviation of Canadian English.
Wiktionary
Origin of Cane
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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
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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
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