cane
IPA: kˈeɪn
noun
- A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
- (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed
- (uncountable) Sugar cane
- (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
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- (with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
- A lance or dart made of cane
- A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant.
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
- (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
- (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry.
- A local European measure of length; the canna.
- A surname.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of Canadian English. [The variety of the English language used in Canada.]
verb
- To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
- (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
- (UK, New Zealand, slang) To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
- (UK, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
- (UK, slang) To go very fast.
- (UK, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.
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Examples of "cane" in Sentences
- The cane juice began in the largest kettle.
- The skin of the cane toad is dry and warty.
- The park is adjacent to the Cane Creek Lake.
- I have explained the purpose of the cane image.
- The man is not supposed to cripple them by the cane.
- In the 1960s, the cane was decorated with the fraternity colors.
- Nowadays the main crop cultivated in the city is the sugar cane.
- His hands hold the axe, the noose, the sugar cane stem and the mango.