cane
[ keyn ]
/ keɪn /
noun
verb (used with object), caned, can·ing.
to flog with a cane.
to furnish or make with cane: to cane chairs.
Origin of cane
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin
canna < Greek
kánna < Semitic; compare Akkadian
qanū, Hebrew
qāneh reed
OTHER WORDS FROM cane
cane·like, adjective can·y, adjective re·cane, verb (used with object), re·caned, re·can·ing. un·caned, adjectiveWords nearby cane
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British Dictionary definitions for cane (1 of 2)
cane
1
/ (keɪn) /
noun
verb (tr)
Derived forms of cane
caner, nounWord Origin for cane
C14: from Old French, from Latin
canna, from Greek
kanna, of Semitic origin; related to Arabic
qanāh reed
British Dictionary definitions for cane (2 of 2)
cane
2
/ (keɪn) /
noun
dialect
a female weasel
Word Origin for cane
C18: of unknown origin