Cane definition
The stem of a raspberry, blackberry, certain roses, or similar plants.
noun
(UK, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
verb
Sugar cane.
noun
A rod used for flogging.
noun
A glass cylinder made of smaller, variously colored glass rods that have been fused together, used in glassmaking.
noun
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A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans.
noun
A plant having such a stem.
noun
Such stems or strips of such stems used for wickerwork or baskets.
noun
To make, supply, or repair with flexible woody material.
verb
To hit or beat with a rod.
verb
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The slender, jointed, usually flexible stem of any of certain plants, as bamboo or rattan.
noun
Any plant with such a stem, as sugar cane or sorghum.
noun
The woody stem of a small fruiting or flowering plant, as the blackberry or rose.
noun
Any of a genus (Arundinaria) of tall grasses of the S U.S.
noun
A stick or rod used for flogging.
noun
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A split rattan, used in weaving chair seats, wickerwork, etc.
noun
An aluminum or wooden rod with a curved handle, used for support in walking.
noun
To flog with a cane.
verb
To make or furnish (chairs, etc.) with cane.
verb
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A stick used as an aid in walking or carried as an accessory.
noun
To do with a plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane.
- (uncountable) Sugar cane.
noun
A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane.
- (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.
- (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
- (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.
noun
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(UK, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.
Don't hit me with that. It really canes!
Mate, my legs cane!
verb
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(linguistics) Abbreviation of Canadian English.
pronoun
A stick used as an aid in walking or carried as an accessory.
noun
A bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) native to the southeast United States, having long stiff stems and often forming canebrakes.
noun
Origin of cane
- 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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From Wiktionary