Word: Cane
How to pronounce: keɪn
Noun
Definitions:
1. The hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan.
Example sentences: "They brought the eggs back to Constantinople in hollow canes."
2. A length of cane or a slender stick, especially one used as a support for plants, as a walking stick, or as an instrument of punishment.
Example sentences: "Tie the shoot to a cane if vertical growth is required"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Beat with a cane as a punishment.
Example sentences: "I remember anticipating the possible punishment of being caned for writing about ‘an enemy’ - a Western Christian woman - and later being admonished by mum for provoking the authorities."
Synonyms:
sugar cane
sugarcane
reed
walking stick
stick
bastinado
thatch
reed grass
bulrush
cattail
staff
baton
rod
truncheon
thin reed
stem
bat
cudgel
club
whipping
flog
Derivations:
caning
caned
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Cane in Other Languages...
Spanish: Caña
German: Zuckerrohr
French: Canne
Italian: Canna
Turkish: Baston
