English dictionary
cane
/k/eI/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A name given to several peculiar palms, species of <i>Calamus</i> and <i>Dæmanorops</i>, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
Source: webster1913
verb
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beat with a cane
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To beat with a cane.
Source: webster1913