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cane
  1. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof.
    1. (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
    2. (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
    3. (uncountable) Sugar cane.
    4. (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
  2. The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool.
    1. (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
    2. (uncountable) Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
    3. A lance or dart made of cane.
  3. A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane.
    1. (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
    2. (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
    3. (countable) 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.
  4. (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like.
  5. A local European measure of length; the canna.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. baton, club, truncheon, staff, cudgel, bludgeon, bat, shillelagh, rod, nightstick, billy, stick, bastinado, waddy, bastinade, rung, shillalah, sap, crook, blackthorn, birch, ashplant, malacca, rattan, ferule, paddle, billy club, cosh, pole, sceptre, scepter, blackjack, mace, wand, switch, stave, lathi, knobkerrie, danda, kierie, life preserver, patu, mere, pointer, quarterstaff, bar, stake, caduceus, dowel, pikestaff … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Lucy flinched as the teacher's cane smacked on wood.”
      “It should be recognized that patients may sometimes feel more comfortable using a cane for walking outdoors or in public places.”
      “As the plant grows, use garden twine to tie it to the cane at regular intervals.”
canes
  1. (plural only) The genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. batons, clubs, truncheons, staves, cudgels, bludgeons, bats, shillelaghs, rods, nightsticks, billies, sticks, bastinadoes, waddies, bastinades, rungs, shillalahs, saps, crooks, blackthorns, birches, ashplants, malaccas, rattans, ferules, paddles, billy clubs, coshes, poles, sceptres, scepters, blackjacks, switches, maces, wands, lathis, kieries, dandas, knobkerries, life preservers, meres, pointers, quarterstaves, bars, stakes, pikestaves, caducei, dowels, whips, rulers … more
caning
  1. A beating with a cane.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. beating, thrashing, whipping, drubbing, lashing, hammering, thumping, flogging, hiding, pounding, pasting, bashing, battering, assault, belting, walloping, attack, slapping, smacking, pummeled, pummelling, tanning, buffeting, flaying, mauling, birching, striking, knocking, punching, thwacking, cuffing, pelting, whacking, clobbering, boxing, lambasting, clubbing, cudgeling, cudgelling, shellacking, hitting, slugging, bopping, biffing, chastisement, beating-up, doing-over, duffing-up, corporal punishment, spanking … more
canings
  1. plural of caning
  2. Synonyms:
      3. beatings, thrashings, whippings, drubbings, lashings, hammerings, thumpings, floggings, hidings, poundings, pastings, bashings, batterings, assaults, beltings, wallopings, attacks, slappings, smackings, pummellings, tannings, buffetings, flayings, maulings, birchings, strikings, knockings, punchings, thwackings, cuffings, peltings, whackings, clobberings, boxings, lambastings, clubbings, cudgellings, shellackings, hittings, sluggings, chastisements, corporal punishments, spankings, scourgings, horsewhippings, flagellations, lickings, leatherings, flailings, strappings … more
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