cane
To strike or beat with a cane or similar implementTo strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
» Tom leaned on his cane.
Том опёрся на свою палку.
Том сперся на палицю.
Meaning
6 sensesTo strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
бить па́лкойbitʹ pálkoj
beat with a cane
(transitive)To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
to cane chairs
(New Zealand, UK, slang)To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
Mudchester Rovers were caned 10-0.
(New Zealand, UK, slang)To do something well, in a competent fashion.
(UK, slang)To go very fast.
(Australia, UK, intransitive, slang)To produce extreme pain.
Don’t hit me with that. It really canes!
Mate, my legs cane!
Examples
118 sentencesTom leaned on his cane.
Том сперся на палицю. — rmdas
ruТом опёрся на свою палку. — marafon
Tom couldn't walk without a cane.
ruТом не мог ходить без трости. — sharptoothed
deTom konnte nur mit Stock gehen. — manese
Tom was leaning on a cane.
ruТом опирался на трость. — odexed
Tom needs to use a cane.
Tom doesn't use a cane anymore.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“rFrom 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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Forms
canes, caning, caned, canedSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- use a cane
- without a cane
- with a cane