cane
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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'.
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Noun [edit]
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) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- (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.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Ayrsham Mystery[2]:
- The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
- After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Ayrsham Mystery[2]:
- (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.
Synonyms [edit]
- (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
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Translations [edit]
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 rod used by blind people to feel for obstacles in their path
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Verb [edit]
cane (third-person singular simple present canes, present participle caning, simple past and past participle caned)
- To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
- (UK, New Zealand, slang) To destroy.
- (UK, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
- (UK, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.
- Don't hit me with that. It really canes!
- Mate, my legs cane!
- (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
- to cane chairs
Translations [edit]
to beat
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French cane (“duck, female duck", lit. "floater, little boat”), from Old French cane (“boat, ship", also "waterbird”), 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”).
Noun [edit]
cane f (plural canes)
- duck (female duck)
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Italian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From the Latin canis, canem, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. Compare Portuguese cão.
Noun [edit]
cane m (plural cani, feminine singular cagna)
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Derived terms
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Adjective [edit]
cane (invariable)
Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
cane f pl
- Plural form of cana
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Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
cane
- second-person singular present active imperative of canō
Noun [edit]
cane
- ablative singular of canis
Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
cane f (oblique plural canes, nominative singular cane, nominative plural canes)
Venetian [edit]
Noun [edit]
cane f
- Plural form of cana
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