Cane
noun
A thin stick that is used to help walking or as a punishment tool.
She walks with the aid of a cane. They used to punish students with a cane in some schools.
Often appears as...
- walk with a cane
- use a cane
noun
Tall grass with a hollow stem often used to make furniture.
Wicker furniture is made from woven cane.
Often appears as...
- made of cane
- cane chair
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Technical
noun
Sugarcane, a tall grass from which sugar is made.
Sugar is derived from the cane plant
Often appears as...
- cane sugar
- sugar cane
verb
To hit someone with a cane as punishment.
The teacher was sacked for caning a student.
Often appears as...
- cane a child
- cane for punishment
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Disapproving
noun
A thin stick that is used to help walking or as a punishment tool.
She walks with the aid of a cane. They used to punish students with a cane in some schools.
Often appears as...
- walk with a cane
- use a cane
noun
Tall grass with a hollow stem often used to make furniture.
Wicker furniture is made from woven cane.
Often appears as...
- made of cane
- cane chair
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Sugarcane, a tall grass from which sugar is made.
Sugar is derived from the cane plant
Often appears as...
- cane sugar
- sugar cane
verb
To hit someone with a cane as punishment.
The teacher was sacked for caning a student.
Often appears as...
- cane a child
- cane for punishment
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Walking Aid
Cane for mobility is commonplace and shows no sign of weakness.
Grandpa chose a sturdy cane to support his morning walks.
Pro Tip 2/2Disciplinary Tool
Caning for punishment is outdated and often illegal.
At one time, children were corrected with a cane for misbehaving.
Pro Tip 1/2Walking Aid
Cane for mobility is commonplace and shows no sign of weakness.
Grandpa chose a sturdy cane to support his morning walks.
Pro Tip 2/2Disciplinary Tool
Caning for punishment is outdated and often illegal.
At one time, children were corrected with a cane for misbehaving.
Pro Tip 1/2Walking Aid
Cane for mobility is commonplace and shows no sign of weakness.
Grandpa chose a sturdy cane to support his morning walks.
Pro Tip 2/2Disciplinary Tool
Caning for punishment is outdated and often illegal.
At one time, children were corrected with a cane for misbehaving.
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The genius puppetry...
where we made a piece about a tall giraffe. It was just called "Tall Horse," which was a life-sized giraffe. And here again, you see the same structure. The bulkheads have now turned into hoops of cane, but it's ultimately the same structure. It's got two people inside it on stilts, which give them the height,
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How to saber a bottle of...
it work well all that pressure in the bottle is created during champagnes second fermentation process now this is where you add cane sugar and yeast into each bottle and it produces alcohol and carbon dioxide which makes all the bubbles that we love but also all that pressure that I'm so afraid of and this
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Chris Downey: Design...
It's like a whole new world of sensory information opens up to you. I was really struck by the symphony of subtle sounds all around me in the city that you can hear and work with to understand where you are, how you need to move, and where you need to go. Similarly, just through the grip of the cane,
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The Atlantic slave...
The crops grown in the new colonies, sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton, were labor intensive, and there were not enough settlers or indentured servants to cultivate all the new land. American Natives were enslaved, but many died from new diseases, while others effectively resisted.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
Now, of course you were not actually allowed to use the cane. But it was an exciting prospect for the nine-year-old me. I very much wanted to be the class monitor. And I got the highest score on the test. Then, to my surprise, my teacher said that the monitor had to be a boy.
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Rediscovering Glen...
used it as a as a cane hobbling along and then when we got off the river it was decided that I was going to go home which was really hard I was pretty devastated you know we'd been prepping for this trip for almost a year and I was having the time of my life and so I
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How Drones Are Helping...
because not only was the habitat destroyed, but you could also see that, there would be, say, sugar cane plantations and stuff like that where, even where there was possible habitat, there wouldn't be animals for miles and miles again.
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In search for the man...
Abed said that I should call back in a few weeks, and when I did, and a recording told me that his number was disconnected, I let Abed and the crash go. Many years passed. I walked with my cane and my ankle brace and a backpack
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Daniel Kish: How I use...
because that is what love does. Now, moving forward, how do I manage today? The world is a much larger nursery. Fortunately, I have my trusty long cane, longer than the canes used by most blind people.
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Kees Moeliker: How a...
These are cane toads in Australia. This is roadkill. Please note that this is necrophilia. It's the position. The missionary position is very rare in the animal kingdom.
Video examples
The genius puppetry...
where we made a piece about a tall giraffe. It was just called "Tall Horse," which was a life-sized giraffe. And here again, you see the same structure. The bulkheads have now turned into hoops of cane, but it's ultimately the same structure. It's got two people inside it on stilts, which give them the height,
Video examples
How to saber a bottle of...
it work well all that pressure in the bottle is created during champagnes second fermentation process now this is where you add cane sugar and yeast into each bottle and it produces alcohol and carbon dioxide which makes all the bubbles that we love but also all that pressure that I'm so afraid of and this
Video examples
Chris Downey: Design...
It's like a whole new world of sensory information opens up to you. I was really struck by the symphony of subtle sounds all around me in the city that you can hear and work with to understand where you are, how you need to move, and where you need to go. Similarly, just through the grip of the cane,
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
The crops grown in the new colonies, sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton, were labor intensive, and there were not enough settlers or indentured servants to cultivate all the new land. American Natives were enslaved, but many died from new diseases, while others effectively resisted.
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
Now, of course you were not actually allowed to use the cane. But it was an exciting prospect for the nine-year-old me. I very much wanted to be the class monitor. And I got the highest score on the test. Then, to my surprise, my teacher said that the monitor had to be a boy.
Video examples
Rediscovering Glen...
used it as a as a cane hobbling along and then when we got off the river it was decided that I was going to go home which was really hard I was pretty devastated you know we'd been prepping for this trip for almost a year and I was having the time of my life and so I
Video examples
How Drones Are Helping...
because not only was the habitat destroyed, but you could also see that, there would be, say, sugar cane plantations and stuff like that where, even where there was possible habitat, there wouldn't be animals for miles and miles again.
Video examples
In search for the man...
Abed said that I should call back in a few weeks, and when I did, and a recording told me that his number was disconnected, I let Abed and the crash go. Many years passed. I walked with my cane and my ankle brace and a backpack
Video examples
Daniel Kish: How I use...
because that is what love does. Now, moving forward, how do I manage today? The world is a much larger nursery. Fortunately, I have my trusty long cane, longer than the canes used by most blind people.
Video examples
Kees Moeliker: How a...
These are cane toads in Australia. This is roadkill. Please note that this is necrophilia. It's the position. The missionary position is very rare in the animal kingdom.
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Johnny Mathis
American Musician
Most of our physical education teachers were just teachers, and they had to do the extra stuff on their own. I remember very vividly that they would hold a cane pole between two of the students down low, and we would all jump over it. And they would raise it and raise it and raise it.
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Michael Bastian
American Designer
I know how to cane chairs - how's that for a useless skill? My mom once took a course and taught me how to do it when I was stuck at home sick with the flu. Now I'm all set if I ever decide to drop out of fashion and join an Amish community.
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Brooklyn Decker
American Model
Guys, your home should never smell like artificial food: candy canes, gum drops, lemon bars. I mean, I will consume lemon bars in mass quantities, but I don't want my house to smell like one.
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Chi Chi Rodriguez
Puerto Rican Athlete
I never had a childhood. I started working when I was 7 years old. I got $1 a day getting water for the workers at the sugar cane plant.
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Nick Kroll
American Actor
I wish I was a cool guy and could drink coffee black, but I put almond milk and raw cane sugar in it.
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Dick Clark
American Entertainer
Well, I'm using a cane, so what? So what if they shot me sitting in a wheelchair? That's life!
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Miles Davis
American Musician
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
I want to be an old lady, with my cane, shouting, 'Action!' and 'Cut!
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Peyton List
American Actress
Jolly Rancher candy canes are the bomb.
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Jacques Roumain
Haitian Writer
Experience is the cane of the blind.
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Johnny Mathis
American Musician
Most of our physical education teachers were just teachers, and they had to do the extra stuff on their own. I remember very vividly that they would hold a cane pole between two of the students down low, and we would all jump over it. And they would raise it and raise it and raise it.
Quote examples
Michael Bastian
American Designer
I know how to cane chairs - how's that for a useless skill? My mom once took a course and taught me how to do it when I was stuck at home sick with the flu. Now I'm all set if I ever decide to drop out of fashion and join an Amish community.
Quote examples
Brooklyn Decker
American Model
Guys, your home should never smell like artificial food: candy canes, gum drops, lemon bars. I mean, I will consume lemon bars in mass quantities, but I don't want my house to smell like one.
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Chi Chi Rodriguez
Puerto Rican Athlete
I never had a childhood. I started working when I was 7 years old. I got $1 a day getting water for the workers at the sugar cane plant.
Quote examples
Nick Kroll
American Actor
I wish I was a cool guy and could drink coffee black, but I put almond milk and raw cane sugar in it.
Quote examples
Dick Clark
American Entertainer
Well, I'm using a cane, so what? So what if they shot me sitting in a wheelchair? That's life!
Quote examples
Miles Davis
American Musician
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
I want to be an old lady, with my cane, shouting, 'Action!' and 'Cut!
Quote examples
Peyton List
American Actress
Jolly Rancher candy canes are the bomb.
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Jacques Roumain
Haitian Writer
Experience is the cane of the blind.
Example 1 of 10
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