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US
/ˈkeɪn/
]
[ UK /kˈeɪn/ ]
[ UK /kˈeɪn/ ]
NOUN
- a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
- a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
- a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
VERB
- beat with a cane
How To Use cane In A Sentence
- Gideon could see the places where the silver was wearing off the cane and he noticed a good deal of clumsy darning on the inside of the cloak, as though the lining had come away from the backing several times.
- One of you may turn out to be a bit of a caner. The Sun
- (Not to be confused with what we call cookies)To serve Devon, or Cornwall clotted cream would desecrate a good southern biscuit (and be a waste of the cream really, I prefer it on saffron buns)a bit of plain cream, fresh butter, and cane syrup poured over a hot biscuit is ambrosia. Scones, Cream and Jam - a West Country cream tea
- Many teachers wish to abolish the cane.
- Some teachers also punish students by flogging them with whips made of rubber (from strips of old car tires), with heavier canes, or simply by slapping, kicking, or pinching them.
- In these patients, we have reinserted the Achilles tendon in the calcaneus with two to five bone anchors, depending on the amount of tendon disinserted.
- And then we were amazed to hear the sound of singing -- amazed, for it was not the uncouth singing of negroes (who in happy circumstances delight to uplift their voices in psalms) nor yet the boisterous untuneable roaring of rough seamen, like Vetch's buccaneers, but a most melodious and pleasing sound, which put me in mind (and Cludde also) of the madrigal singers of our good town of Shrewsbury. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow
- A hurricane is bearing down on central America.
- Perhaps I've been corrupted by Photoshop, but regardless, the GIMP just feels unusably arcane and clunky. December 29th, 2007
- Rescue teams worked desperately to restore utilities in the area shattered by the hurricane.
