cane
/keɪn/ noun B2- The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
- The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
- Sugar cane.
- Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
- A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- Corporal punishment by beating with a cane. · The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
- A lance or dart made of cane.
- A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick. · After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.
Plural canes
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A CAT, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself up as a physician, and, taking his cane and a bag of instruments becoming his profession, went to call on them.
You must have observed the way in which he held his head and swung his cane.
“Well, then, if you felt so sure,” replied the new-comer, putting his cane in a corner and his hat on a chair, “allow me to say, my dear Gérard, that it was not very filial of you to keep me waiting at the door.”
“Dark complexion; hair, eyebrows, and whiskers black; blue frock-coat, buttoned up to the chin; rosette of an officer of the Legion of Honor in his button-hole; a hat with wide brim, and a cane.”
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