cane
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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'.
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cane (countable and uncountable; plural canes)
- (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) Sometimes applied to maize or rarely to sorghum when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
- (uncountable) Corporal punishment by beating with a cane; the cane.
- The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
- (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) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by blind persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.
[edit] Synonyms
- (the slender flexible stem of a plant such as bamboo): stem, stalk; (of a tree) trunk
- (the plant itself): reed
- (sugar cane): molasses cane
- (A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment): switch, rod
- (corporal punishment by beating with a cane): the cane, a caning, six of the best, whipping, cuts
- (strong short staff used for support during walking): staff, walking stick
- (a long rod often collapsible): white cane, blind man's cane
[edit] Derived terms
- bamboo cane
- cane knife, cane sugar, caneworking, cane toad
- floricane
- primocane
- sugar cane
- walking cane
- white cane, blind man's cane
[edit] Translations
slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
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plant itself
sugar cane — see sugar cane
a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
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walking stick — see walking stick
a long collapsible (and usually white for improved visibility) wooden, metal or plastic rod used by blind people to feel for obstacle
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[edit] Verb
cane (third-person singular simple present canes, present participle caning, simple past and past participle caned)
- (UK, slang) To strike or beat, notably with a cane or similar implement; to destroy.
- (UK, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
- (UK, slang third person only) It hurts.
- Don't hit me with that: it really canes!
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to beat
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[edit] French
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From Middle French cane (“duck, female duck", lit. "floater, little boat”), from Old French cane (“boat, ship", also "waterbird”), of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German kane (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *kanan (“boat, vessel”). Cognate with Norwegian kane (“swan-shaped vessel”), Dutch kaan (“boat”), German Kahn (“boat”), Old Norse kæna (“little boat”), and possibly Old Norse knǫrr (“ship”) (whence also Late Latin canardus (“ship”), from Germanic; and Old English cnearr (“merchant ship”)). Related to French canot (“little boat”).
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cane f. (plural canes)
- duck (female duck)
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[edit] Italian
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From the Latin canis
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cane inv.
[edit] Noun
cane m. (plural cani, feminine singular cagna)
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- accanirsi
- cagnara
- cagnesco
- cagnetto
- cagnolino
- canaglia
- canaio
- canea
- cane che abbaia non morde
- cane da caccia
- cane d'acqua
- cane da ferma
- cane da penna
- cane da riporto
- cane lupo
- cane poliziotto
- canide
- Canidi
- canicola
- canile
- canino
- pescecane
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[edit] Latin
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cane
- second-person singular present active imperative of canō
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cane f.
- Plural form of cana.
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