cane (redirected from White cane)

cane  (kn)

n.

1.

a. A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans.

b. A plant having such a stem.

c. Such stems or strips of such stems used for wickerwork or baskets.

2. A bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) native to the southeast United States, having long stiff stems and often forming canebrakes.

3. The stem of a raspberry, blackberry, certain roses, or similar plants.

4. Sugar cane.

5. A stick used as an aid in walking or carried as an accessory.

6. A rod used for flogging.

tr.v. caned, can·ing, canes

1. To make, supply, or repair with flexible woody material.

2. To hit or beat with a rod.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin canna, small reed, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; see qnw in Semitic roots.]

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caner n.

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cane¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany)

a.  the long jointed pithy or hollow flexible stem of the bamboo, rattan, or any similar plant

b.  any plant having such a stem

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture)

a.  strips of such stems, woven or interlaced to make wickerwork, the seats and backs of chairs, etc.

b.  (as modifier) a cane chair

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the woody stem of a reed, young grapevine, blackberry, raspberry, or loganberry

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several grasses with long stiff stems, esp Arundinaria gigantea of the southeastern US

5. a flexible rod with which to administer a beating as a punishment, as to schoolboys

6. a slender rod, usually wooden and often ornamental, used for support when walking; walking stick

7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) See sugar cane

8. a slender rod or cylinder, as of glass

vb (tr)

1. to whip or beat with or as if with a cane

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) to make or repair with cane

3. Informal to defeat we got well caned in the match

cane it Slang to do something with great power, force, or speed or consume something such as alcohol in large quantities you can do it in ten minutes if you really cane it

[from Old French, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; related to Arabic qanāh reed]

caner  n

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cane²

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Dialect a female weasel

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cane - a stick that people can lean on to help them walk malacca cane, malacca - a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm swagger stick - a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers sword cane, sword stick - a cane concealing a sword or dagger walking stick - a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
	2.	cane - a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane sugar cane, sugarcane - juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice rattan cane, rattan - the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes malacca - stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
	3.	cane - a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment switch - a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
Verb	1.	cane - beat with a cane lambast, lambaste, flog beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

Translations

cane [keɪn]

A. N

1. (Bot) → caña f; (for baskets, chairs etc) → mimbre m

2. (= stick) (for walking) → bastón m; (for punishment) → vara f, palmeta f
to get the cane (Scol) → ser castigado con la vara or palmeta

B. VT [+ pupil] → castigar con la vara or palmeta

C. CPD cane chair N → silla f de mimbre
cane liquor N → caña f
cane sugar N → azúcar m de caña

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cane [ˈkeɪn]

n

(= walking stick) → canne f

(for baskets, chairs etc) → rotin m

vt

(British) → administrer des coups de bâton à, donner des coups de bâton à sugar cane
cane sugar n → sucre m de canne

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cane

n

(= stem of bamboo, sugar etc) → Rohr nt; (of raspberry) → Zweig m; (for supporting plants) → Stock m; cane chair → Rohrstuhl m

(= walking stick) → (Spazier)stock m; (= instrument of punishment) → (Rohr)stock m; to use the cane → den Rohrstock benutzen; to get the cane → Prügel bekommen; (on hand) → eine auf die Finger bekommen, eine Tatze bekommen (S Ger)

vt schoolboy → mit dem Stock schlagen

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cane in cpds → Rohr-;

canebrake

n (US) → Röhricht nt, → Rohrdickicht nt

cane sugar

n → Rohrzucker m

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cane [keɪn]

1. n (Bot) → canna; (for baskets, chairs) → bambù m; (wicker) → vimini m; (stick, for walking) → bastone m (da passeggio); (for punishment) → bacchetta
to get the cane (Scol) → prenderle con la bacchetta

2. vt (Brit) (Scol) (pupil) → picchiare con la bacchetta

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cane

n cane [kein]

1 the stem of certain types of plant (eg sugar plant, bamboo etc). riet قَصَبَه، خَيْزَران захарна тръстика třtina rør das Rohr καλάμι, μίσχος caña roog نی؛ ساقه ruoko canne קָנֶה गन्ने, बांस इत्यादि का तना trstika nád tebu reyr canna 茎 (사탕수수 등의) 줄기 stiebas, nendrė niedre tebu riet, stengel (sukker-/bambus)rør trzcina cana. trestie тростник trstina trst trska rör ไม้ไผ่ kamış 莖 тростина گنے یا بانس کا تنا cây mía; cây tre 茎

2 a stick used as an aid to walking or as an instrument of punishment He beat the child with a cane. rottang عَصا бастун hůl stok der Rohr-, Spazierstock μπαστούνι bastón kepp ترکه keppi canne מָקל चलने या सजा के माध्य के तौर पर उपयोग की जाने वाली छड़ी štap, šiba nádpálca, sétabot tongkat (göngu)stafur bastone ステッキ 지팡이, 회초리 lazda spieķis; nūja rotan stok, rietje spanskrør laska bengala nuia трость; палка palica palica šiba käpp, rotting ไม้เท้า baston 手杖 палиця چھڑی gậy; roi 手杖

v

to beat with a cane The schoolmaster caned the boy. die lat inlê, pak gee يَضْرِبُ بالعَصا бия с пръчка bít rákoskou prygle prügeln δέρνω με βέργα castigar con la palmeta kepiga peksma با ترکه زدن antaa keppiä corriger (avec une canne) לְהַכּוֹת בְּמָקֵל बेंत मारना šibati megver memukul flengja með priki bacchettare むちで打つ 회초리로 때리다 mušti lazda sist (ar nūju) merotan met het rietje geven pryle chłostać vergastar a bate (cu nuiaua) наказывать палкой biť palicou pretepsti šibati prygla ตีด้วยไม้ไผ่ değnekle/sopayla dövmek 鞭打 бити палицею چھڑی سے مارنا phạt đánh roi 用苔杖打

cane sugar

sugar obtained from the sugar cane. rietsuiker قَصَبُ السُّكّر тръстикова захар třtinový cukr rørsukker der Rohrzucker ζάχαρη από ζαχαροκάλαμο azúcar de caña roosuhkur شکر ruokosokeri sucre de canne קְנֵה סוּכָּר गन्ना, ईख šećerna trstika nádcukor gula tebu reyrsykur zucchero di canna 蔗糖 사탕수수 설탕 cukranendrių cukrus niedru cukurs gula tebu rietsuiker rørsukker cukier trzcinowy açúcar de cana zahăr din trestie (de zahăr) тростниковый сахар trstinový cukor trstni sladkor šećer od šećerne trske rörsocker อ้อย şeker kamışı şekeri 蔗糖 тростинний цукор گنے سے حاصل کردہ چینی đường mía 蔗糖

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cane → عصى المشي vycházková hůl spadserestok Spazierstock μπαστούνι bastón, cayado kävelykeppi canne štap za hodanje bastone da passeggio ステッキ 지팡이 wandelstok spaserstokk laska bengala трость promenadkäpp ไม้เท้า baston gậy chống 手杖