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Definition of CanE

1. Verb. Beat with a cane. "They want to CanE the prisoners "

2. Noun. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.

3. Noun. A strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane.

4. Noun. A stiff switch used to hit students as punishment.

Definition of CanE

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

2. v. t. To beat with a cane.

Definition of CanE

1. Proper noun. (linguistics) (abbreviation of Canadian English) ¹

2. Noun. The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the Grass family ''Gramineae''. ¹

3. Noun. The plant itself, including many species in the Grass family ''Gramineae''; a reed. ¹

4. Noun. sugar cane. (US Southern) Sometimes applied to maize or rarely to sorghum when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar. ¹

5. Noun. A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment. ¹

6. Noun. (countable glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking. ¹

7. Noun. Corporal punishment by beating with a cane; the cane. ¹

8. Noun. A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick. ¹

9. Noun. A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by blind persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path. ¹

10. Verb. To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement. ¹

11. Verb. (British NZ slang) To destroy. ¹

12. Verb. (British NZ slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion. ¹

13. Verb. (British slang third person only) It hurts. ¹

14. Verb. (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of CanE

1. to beat with a rod [v CANED, CANING, CANES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of CanE

candy stripers candy thermometer candyflipping candyfloss candyflosses candygram candygrams candying candylike candymaker

candyman candymen candytuft candytufts candyweed cane cane blight cane brake cane knife cane rat

cane rats cane reed cane sugar cane toad cane toads canebrake canebrake rattler canebrake rattlesnake canebrakes canebreak

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