Cane - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
- a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
verb
Extra examples
In the past, some teachers would resort to the cane when students misbehaved.
The chair seat is made of cane.
In the past, some teachers would cane students who misbehaved.
I had a little Greek caned into me.
Children knew that if they misbehaved they would get the cane.
He can stand using a cane.
She picked up her cane and hobbled across the room.
Pointing with his cane, the old man asked, “Whose dog is that?”.
The old man lifted his cane and whacked the mugger on the head.
He offered to strike him with his cane.
The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
Pointing with his cane, the old man asked, "Whose dog is that?".
Word forms
I/you/we/they: cane
he/she/it: canes
present participle: caning
past tense: caned
past participle: caned
singular: cane
plural: canes
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