cane
🇺🇸
/keɪn/
🇬🇧
/keɪn/
noun
R
the hard, hollow stem of plants like bamboo or sugar cane
The sugar cane plant has a tall, strong cane that stores sweet juice.
R
stems used to make furniture and other items
We bought a comfortable cane chair for the porch.
R
a stick used to support growing plants
The gardener used a long cane to support the tomato plants.
R
a stick used to help with walking
My grandfather uses a wooden cane to help him walk steadily.
R
a stick used in the past to punish children by hitting them
In the old days, students might get the cane for misbehaving in school.
verb
R
to hit someone with a cane as punishment
The teacher threatened to cane any student who cheated on the test.
translation
the hard, hollow stem of plants like bamboo or sugar cane; stems used to make furniture and other items; a stick used to support growing plants; a stick used to help with walking; a stick used in the past to punish children by hitting them
to hit someone with a cane as punishment
Word Forms
3rd Present
canes
Past
caned
Perfect
caned
Progressive
caning
Plural
canes