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cane
(kān)n.
1.
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.
2. A bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) native to the southeast United States, having long stiff stems and often forming canebrakes.
3. The stem of a raspberry, blackberry, certain roses, or similar plants.
4. Sugarcane.
5. A stick used as an aid in walking or carried as an accessory.
6. A rod used for flogging.
7. A glass cylinder made of smaller, variously colored glass rods that have been fused together, used in glassmaking.
tr.v. caned, can·ing, canes
1. To make, supply, or repair with flexible woody material.
2. To hit or beat with a rod.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin canna, small reed, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; see qnw in Semitic roots.]
can′er n.
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cane
(keɪn)n
1. (Botany)
a. the long jointed pithy or hollow flexible stem of the bamboo, rattan, or any similar plant
b. any plant having such a stem
2. (Furniture)
a. strips of such stems, woven or interlaced to make wickerwork, the seats and backs of chairs, etc
b. (as modifier): a cane chair.
3. (Botany) the woody stem of a reed, young grapevine, blackberry, raspberry, or loganberry
4. (Plants) any of several grasses with long stiff stems, esp Arundinaria gigantea of the southeastern US
5. a flexible rod with which to administer a beating as a punishment, as to schoolboys
6. a slender rod, usually wooden and often ornamental, used for support when walking; walking stick
7. (Plants) See sugar cane
8. a slender rod or cylinder, as of glass
vb (tr)
9. to whip or beat with or as if with a cane
10. (Furniture) to make or repair with cane
11. informal to defeat: we got well caned in the match.
12. 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.
[C14: from Old French, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; related to Arabic qanāh reed]
ˈcaner n
cane
(keɪn)n
(Animals) dialect a female weasel
[C18: of unknown origin]
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cane
(keɪn)n., v. caned, can•ing. n.
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, esp. of the genus Arundinaria.
6. the stem of a raspberry or blackberry.
7. sugarcane.
8. a rod used for flogging.
v.t. 9. to flog with a cane.
10. to furnish or make with cane: to cane chairs.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin canna < Greek kánna < Semitic]
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cane
Past participle: caned
Gerund: caning
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| Noun | 1. |  cane - a stick that people can lean on to help them walkmalacca cane, malacca - a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm swagger stick - a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers sword cane, sword stick - a cane concealing a sword or dagger walking stick - a stick carried in the hand for support in walking |
| 2. | cane - a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane sugar cane, sugarcane - juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice rattan cane, rattan - the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes malacca - stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles | |
| 3. | cane - a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment switch - a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment | |
| Verb | 1. | cane - beat with a cane |
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cane
nounA fairly long straight piece of solid material used especially as a support in walking:
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Translations
عَصاعَصَا الـمَشْيقَصَبَه، خَيْزَرانيَضْرِبُ بالعَصا
bít rákoskouholíhůltřtinavycházková hůl
pryglerørspadserestokstok
kano
kävelykeppikeppikorsipiiskaruoko
štap za hodanje
nádpálca
flengja meî prikireyrstafur
ステッキ
지팡이
cukranendrių cukrusmušti lazdanendrėstiebas
niedrenūjasistspieķis
biť palicou
palicatrst
promenadkäpp
ไม้เท้า
gậy chống
cane
[keɪn]A. N
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cane
[ˈkeɪn] vt
(British) → administrer des coups de bâton à, donner des coups de bâton à sugar canecane sugar n → sucre m de canne
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cane
n
cane
in cpds → Rohr-;canebrake
n (US) → Röhricht nt, → Rohrdickicht nt
cane sugar
n → Rohrzucker m
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cane
[keɪn]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cane
(kein) noun1. the stem of certain types of plant (eg sugar plant, bamboo etc).
2. a stick used as an aid to walking or as an instrument of punishment. He beat the child with a cane.
verb to beat with a cane. The schoolmaster caned the boy.
cane sugar sugar obtained from the sugar cane.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cane
→ عَصَا الـمَشْي vycházková hůl spadserestok Spazierstock μπαστούνι bastón, cayado kävelykeppi canne štap za hodanje bastone da passeggio ステッキ 지팡이 wandelstok spaserstokk laska bengala трость promenadkäpp ไม้เท้า baston gậy chống 手杖Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cane
n. bastón; caña;
___ sugar → azúcar de caña, sucrosa, sacarosa.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
cane
n bastón m; four-pronged — bastón de cuatro patas or apoyos or puntosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.