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    cane
    /kān/

    noun

    • 1. the hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan.
    • 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: "tie the shoot to a cane if vertical growth is required" Similar walking stickstickstaffalpenstock

    verb

    • 1. beat with a cane as a punishment.

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  2. Cane can be a noun or a verb. As a noun, it can mean the long, hard, hollow stem of plants, a walking stick, or a stick used to punish someone. As a verb, it can mean to hit someone with a stick.

  3. Learn the various meanings and uses of the word cane, from a plant stem to a walking stick to a rod for flogging. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of cane.

  4. noun. a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick. a long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem, as that of bamboo, rattan, sugarcane, and certain palms. a plant having such a stem. split rattan woven or interlaced for chair seats, wickerwork, etc.

  5. Cane can refer to a long, hollow, hard stem of a plant, a stick for support or punishment, or a type of sugar. Learn more about the word forms, synonyms, pronunciation, and examples of cane in different contexts.

  6. Cane can be a noun or a verb. As a noun, it can mean the stem of some plants, a stick for walking or punishing, or a stick for hitting someone. As a verb, it means to hit someone with a stick.

  7. Cane can refer to a stick, a plant, a rod, or a glass cylinder. Learn the meanings, synonyms, and usage of cane in different contexts from various dictionaries and sources.

  8. 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.

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