Cane Definition

kān
caned, canes, caning
noun
canes
The slender, jointed, usually flexible stem of any of certain plants, as bamboo or rattan.
Webster's New World
Any plant with such a stem, as sugar cane or sorghum.
Webster's New World
The woody stem of a small fruiting or flowering plant, as the blackberry or rose.
Webster's New World
A bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) native to the southeast United States, having long stiff stems and often forming canebrakes.
American Heritage
Any of a genus (Arundinaria) of tall grasses of the S U.S.
Webster's New World
verb
caned, canes, caning
To make, supply, or repair with flexible woody material.
American Heritage
To flog with a cane.
Webster's New World
To hit or beat with a rod.
American Heritage
To make or furnish (chairs, etc.) with cane.
Webster's New World

To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
pronoun
(linguistics) Abbreviation of Canadian English.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Cane

Noun

Singular:
cane
Plural:
canes

Origin of Cane

  • 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'.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin canna small reed from Greek kanna of Semitic origin qnw in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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