ALL meanings of cane
cane
C c - variable noun cane Cane is used to refer to the long, hollow, hard stems of plants such as bamboo. Strips of cane are often used to make furniture, and some types of cane can be crushed and processed to make sugar. 3
- countable noun cane A cane is a long thin stick with a curved or round top which you can use to support yourself when you are walking, or which in the past was fashionable to carry with you. 3
- countable noun cane A cane is a long, thin, flexible stick which in the past was used to hit people, especially children at school, as a punishment. 3
- countable noun cane The cane is used to refer to the punishment of being hit with a cane. 3
- verb cane If a child is caned, he or she is hit with a cane as a punishment. 3
- countable noun cane A cane is a tall, narrow stick, usually made of bamboo, which is used for supporting plants. 3
- noun cane the long jointed pithy or hollow flexible stem of the bamboo, rattan, or any similar plant 3
- noun cane any plant having such a stem 3
- noun cane strips of such stems, woven or interlaced to make wickerwork, the seats and backs of chairs, etc 3
- noun cane (as modifier) 3
- noun cane the woody stem of a reed, young grapevine, blackberry, raspberry, or loganberry 3
- noun cane any of several grasses with long stiff stems, esp Arundinaria gigantea of the southeastern US 3
- noun cane a flexible rod with which to administer a beating as a punishment, as to schoolboys 3
- noun cane a slender rod, usually wooden and often ornamental, used for support when walking; walking stick 3
- noun cane a slender rod or cylinder, as of glass 3
- verb cane to whip or beat with or as if with a cane 3
- verb cane to make or repair with cane 3
- verb cane to defeat 3
- noun cane a female weasel 3
- noun cane the slender, jointed, usually flexible stem of any of certain plants, as bamboo or rattan 3
- noun cane any plant with such a stem, as sugar cane or sorghum 3
- noun cane the woody stem of a small fruiting or flowering plant, as the blackberry or rose 3
- noun cane any of a genus (Arundinaria) of tall grasses of the S U.S. 3
- noun cane a stick or rod used for flogging 3
- noun cane walking stick (sense 1) 3
- noun cane an aluminum or wooden rod with a curved handle, used for support in walking 3
- noun cane a split rattan, used in weaving chair seats, wickerwork, etc. 3
- verb transitive cane to flog with a cane 3
- verb transitive cane to make or furnish (chairs, etc.) with cane 3
- noun cane walking stick 1
- noun cane rod used as punishment 1
- noun cane punishment: beating with stick 1
- noun cane raspberry stem 1
- noun cane woody stems: for wickerwork 1
- transitive verb cane beat as punishment 1
- noun cane sugar cane 1
- noun cane rod or cylinder 1
- transitive verb cane consume a lot of 1
- transitive verb cane repair or make sth with cane 1
- noun cane a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick. 1
- noun cane a long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem, as that of bamboo, rattan, sugar cane, and certain palms. 1
- noun cane a plant having such a stem. 1
- noun cane split rattan woven or interlaced for chair seats, wickerwork, etc. 1
- noun cane any of several tall bamboolike grasses, especially of the genus Arundinaria, as A. gigantea (cane reed, large cane, giant cane, or southern cane) and A. tecta (small cane or switch cane) of the southern U.S. 1
- noun cane the stem of a raspberry or blackberry. 1
- noun cane sugarcane. 1
- noun cane a rod used for flogging. 1
- noun cane a slender cylinder or rod, as of sealing wax or glass. 1
- verb with object cane to flog with a cane. 1
- verb with object cane to furnish or make with cane: to cane chairs. 1