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cane

DEFINITIONS OF: cane

1

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

Types:
sugar cane, sugarcane
juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
rattan, rattan cane
the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
malacca
stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
Type of:
stalk, stem
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

n a stick that people can lean on to help them walk

Types:
malacca, malacca cane
a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm
swagger stick
a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers
sword cane, sword stick
a cane concealing a sword or dagger
Type of:
walking stick
a stick carried in the hand for support in walking

n a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment

Type of:
switch
a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

v beat with a cane

Synonyms:
flog, lambast, lambaste
Type of:
beat, beat up, work over
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
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