French Meaning of cane

canne

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Definitions and Meaning of cane in English

Wordnet

cane (n)

a stick that people can lean on to help them walk

a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane

a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment

Wordnet

cane (v)

beat with a cane

Webster

cane (n.)

A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.

Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.

Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry.

A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.

A lance or dart made of cane.

A local European measure of length. See Canna.

Webster

cane (v. t.)

To beat with a cane.

To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.

FAQs About the word cane

canne

a stick that people can lean on to help them walk, a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane, a stiff switch used to hit

Baton de chef d'orchestre,bastonnade,chauve-souris,Billy,matraque,matraque,club,gourdin,marteau,Mace

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candyweed => Sucrette, candytuft => Iberis, candy-scented => parfumé aux bonbons, candymaker => Confiseur, candy-like => bonbon,