B2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

cane

cane · canes

тростина, очерет

трость, палка, тростник, удар палкой

Rohr, Rohrstock, Blindenstock, weisser Langstock

A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereofA 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.

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/keɪn/

» Tom leaned on his cane.

Том опёрся на свою палку.

Том сперся на палицю.

Meaning

12 senses

A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:
(uncountable)The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
Rohr
тростьtrostʹ, па́лкаpálka
трости́наtrostýna
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
(uncountable)The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
Rohr
тростни́кtrostník
очере́тočerét
(uncountable)Sugar cane.
(Southern, US, countable, uncountable)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:
(countable)A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
Rohrstock
ро́згаrózga, прутprut
a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment
(countable, uncountable, with definite article)Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
уда́р ро́згамиudár rózgami, уда́р па́лкойudár pálkoj
(countable, uncountable)A lance or dart made of cane.
A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant:
(countable)A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.
(countable)A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
(countable)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.
Blindenstock, weisser Langstock
тростьtrostʹ
трости́наtrostýna
(uncountable)Split rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry.
(countable, uncountable)A local European measure of length; the canna.

Examples

118 sentences

Tom leaned on his cane.
Том сперся на палицю. — rmdas
ruТом опёрся на свою палку. — marafon
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Tom couldn't walk without a cane.
ruТом не мог ходить без трости. — sharptoothed
deTom konnte nur mit Stock gehen. — manese
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Tom was leaning on a cane.
ruТом опирался на трость. — odexed
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Tom needs to use a cane.
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Tom doesn't use a cane anymore.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo:

plant itself:

Русский

By meaning 4

slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo:

plant itself:

a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment:

the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo:

a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment:

long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people:

Origin

From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“r

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”). Doublet of canna and kaneh. Related to channel and canal.

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