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noun | verb canecane1 /keɪn/ ●○○ noun ETYMOLOGYcane1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French Old Provençal cana, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna 1 [countable] a long thin stick with a curved handle, used to help someone walk: He was walking slowly with a cane.2[countable, uncountable] thin pieces of the stems of plants, some types of which are used for making furniture, baskets, etc.: a cane and wicker rocker raspberry canes3[countable] a long hard yellow stem of bamboo, used for supporting other plants in the garden4[countable singular] a long thin stick used especially in past times by teachers to hit children with as a punishment, or the punishment of being hit with a cane5[uncountable] sugar cane [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French, Old Provençal cana, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna] noun | verb canecane2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcane |
Present | I, you, we, they | cane | | he, she, it | canes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | caned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have caned | | he, she, it | has caned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had caned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cane | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have caned |
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Present | I | am caning | | he, she, it | is caning | | you, we, they | are caning | Past | I, he, she, it | was caning | | you, we, they | were caning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been caning | | he, she, it | has been caning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been caning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be caning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been caning |
to punish someone, especially a child, by hitting him or her with a long thin stick |