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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• Abbreviation of Canadian English.
Labels: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, abbreviation, alt-of
Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /keɪn/

Definition 1:
• A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:
• The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: stem, stalk, trunk
Labels: uncountable

Definition 2:
• A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:
• The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: reed
Labels: uncountable

Definition 3:
• A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:
• Sugar cane.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: molasses cane
Labels: uncountable

Definition 4:
• A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:
• Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
Labels: Southern, US, countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool:
• A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: rod, switch
Labels: countable

Definition 6:
• The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool:
• Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
Example: The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: a caning, six of the best, whipping, cuts
Labels: countable, uncountable, with-definite-article

Definition 7:
• The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool:
• A lance or dart made of cane.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant:
• A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
Example: After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: staff, walking stick
Labels: countable

Definition 9:
• A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant:
• A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
Labels: arts, crafts, glassblowing, hobbies, lifestyle, countable

Definition 10:
• A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant:
• A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: blind man's cane, white cane
Labels: countable

Definition 11:
• Split rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry.
Labels: uncountable

Definition 12:
• A local European measure of length; the canna.
Labels: countable, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /keɪn/

Definition 1:
• To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.

Definition 2:
• To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
Example: to cane chairs
Labels: transitive

Definition 3:
• To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
Example: Mudchester Rovers were caned 10-0.
Labels: New-Zealand, UK, slang

Definition 4:
• To do something well, in a competent fashion.
Labels: New-Zealand, UK, slang

Definition 5:
• To go very fast.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: cane it
Labels: UK, slang

Definition 6:
• To produce extreme pain.
Example: Don't hit me with that. It really canes!
Example: Mate, my legs cane!
Labels: Australia, UK, intransitive, slang

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cane