cane

Meanings

Plural: canes

Noun

a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
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 thereof
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 thereof
Sugar cane
A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar
The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
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
Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
A lance or dart made of cane
A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant.
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.
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 plant.
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
Split rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry.
A local European measure of length; the canna.

Verb

beat with a cane
To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
To do something well, in a competent fashion.
To go very fast.
To produce extreme pain.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of canna and kaneh. Related to channel and canal.

Synonyms

a caning, blind man's cane, cane it, cuts, flog, lambast, lambaste, molasses cane, reed, rod, six of the best, staff, stalk, stem, switch, trunk, walking stick, whipping, white cane

Scrabble Score: 6

cane is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cane is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cane is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

cane is a valid Words With Friends word