Cane

  • 41cane — [14] Cane is a word of ancient ancestry. It can be traced back to Sumerian gin ‘reed’, and has come down to us via Assyrian kanū and Greek kánnā (a derivative of which, kánastron ‘wicker basket’, was the ultimate source of English canister [17]) …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42cane — [[t]keɪn[/t]] n. v. caned, can•ing 1) a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick 2) bot a long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem, as that of bamboo, rattan, sugarcane, and certain palms 3) pln a plant having such a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 43cane — [14] Cane is a word of ancient ancestry. It can be traced back to Sumerian gin ‘reed’, and has come down to us via Assyrian kanū and Greek kánnā (a derivative of which, kánastron ‘wicker basket’, was the ultimate source of English canister [17]) …

    Word origins

  • 44cane — noun Cane is used before these nouns: ↑sugar Cane is used after these nouns: ↑raspberry, ↑sugar …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 45cane — alcane anglicane arcane arcanne barbacane bec de cane boucane bécane cancane cane canne chicane gallicane hurricane jerricane lucane sarbacane toscane vaticane …

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  • 46Cane — Original name in latin Cane Name in other language Cane State code HN Continent/City America/Tegucigalpa longitude 14.28333 latitude 87.66667 altitude 659 Population 2190 Date 2012 05 06 …

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  • 47cane — vb British 1. to beat up, assault. A working class brawlers and prisoners term. It is proba bly a back formation from the more wide spread colloquialism a caning , meaning a trouncing or defeat. 2. to devour or consume. A vogue term from the… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 48cane — noun 1》 the hollow jointed stem of tall reeds, grasses, etc., especially bamboo or the slender, pliant stem of plants such as rattan.     ↘a woody stem of a raspberry or related plant. 2》 a length of cane or a slender stick used as a support for… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 49cane — 1. noun 1) a silver topped cane Syn: walking stick, staff; alpenstock; crook, pikestaff 2) he was beaten with a cane Syn: stick, rod, birch; historical ferule 2. verb Matthew was caned for bullying …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 50cane — n. cocaine. (Drugs.) □ What the hell did you pay for this cane? □ Even the kids can afford to buy cane now. The social problems of the twenty first century are starting right here …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions