Definitions
1.NounA plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:
The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
2.NounThe slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
3.NounThe plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
4.NounSugar cane.
5.NounMaize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
6.NounThe stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool:
A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment."The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper."
7.NounA short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
8.NounCorporal punishment by beating with a cane."The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper."
9.NounA lance or dart made of cane.
10.NounA rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant:
A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick."After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk."
11.NounA strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick."After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk."
12.NounA length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
13.NounA 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.
14.NounSplit rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry.
15.NounA local European measure of length; the canna.
16.VerbTo strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
17.VerbTo make or furnish with cane or rattan."to cane chairs"
18.VerbTo destroy; to comprehensively defeat."Mudchester Rovers were caned 10-0."
19.VerbTo do something well, in a competent fashion.
20.VerbTo go very fast.
21.VerbTo produce extreme pain."Don’t hit me with that. It really canes!; Mate, my legs cane!"