cane
/keɪn/
A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment; Corporal punishment by beating with a cane; A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
- Plural
- canes
Bedeutungen
- 1
A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment — The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
Tom walks with a cane.
Tom geht am Stock.
Tatoeba · Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR
I can't walk without a cane.
Ohne Stock kann ich nicht gehen.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
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Corporal punishment by beating with a cane — The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
- 3
A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick — A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant
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The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae — A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereofselten
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The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed — A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereofselten
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Sugar cane — A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereofselten
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Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar — A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereofselten
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A lance or dart made of cane — The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a toolselten
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A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking — A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plantselten
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A 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 — A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plantselten