Cane (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  2. a long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem, as that of bamboo, rattan, sugarcane, and certain palms.
  3. a plant having such a stem.
  4. split rattan woven or interlaced for chair seats, wickerwork, etc.
  5. 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 United States.
  6. the stem of a raspberry or blackberry.
  7. sugarcane.
  8. a rod used for flogging.
  9. a slender cylinder or rod, as of sealing wax or glass.
verb (used with object), caned, can·ing.
  1. to flog with a cane.
  2. to furnish or make with cane: to cane chairs.
noun
    • the long jointed pithy or hollow flexible stem of the bamboo, rattan, or any similar plant
    • any plant having such a stem
    • strips of such stems, woven or interlaced to make wickerwork, the seats and backs of chairs, etc
    • (as modifier)
  1. the woody stem of a reed, young grapevine, blackberry, raspberry, or loganberry
  2. any of several grasses with long stiff stems, esp Arundinaria gigantea of the southeastern US
  3. a flexible rod with which to administer a beating as a punishment, as to schoolboys
  4. a slender rod, usually wooden and often ornamental, used for support when walking; walking stick
  5. See sugar cane
  6. a slender rod or cylinder, as of glass
verb (tr)
  1. to whip or beat with or as if with a cane
  2. to make or repair with cane
  3. to defeat
  4. to do something with great power, force, or speed or consume something such as alcohol in large quantities
noun
  1. a female weasel
Cane (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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