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- [keyn]
- /keɪn/
- /keɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [keyn]
- /keɪn/
Definitions of cane word
- variable noun cane Cane is used to refer to the long, hollow, hard stems of plants such as bamboo. Strips of cane are often used to make furniture, and some types of cane can be crushed and processed to make sugar. 3
- countable noun cane A cane is a long thin stick with a curved or round top which you can use to support yourself when you are walking, or which in the past was fashionable to carry with you. 3
- countable noun cane A cane is a long, thin, flexible stick which in the past was used to hit people, especially children at school, as a punishment. 3
- countable noun cane The cane is used to refer to the punishment of being hit with a cane. 3
- verb cane If a child is caned, he or she is hit with a cane as a punishment. 3
- countable noun cane A cane is a tall, narrow stick, usually made of bamboo, which is used for supporting plants. 3
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Origin of cane
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin canna < Greek kánna < Semitic; compare Akkadian qanū, Hebrew qāneh reed
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Parts of speech for Cane
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cane popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cane usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cane
noun cane
- walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- pole — Reginald, 1500–58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.
- rod — a male given name, form of Roderick or Rodney.
- staff — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
verb cane
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
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