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English noun: cane | |||
| 1. | cane (artifact) a stick that people can lean on to help them walk | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walking stick | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | malacca, malacca cane, swagger stick, sword cane, sword stick | ||
| 2. | cane (plant) a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stalk, stem | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | malacca, rattan, rattan cane, sugar cane, sugarcane | ||
| 3. | cane (artifact) a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | switch | ||
English verb: cane | |||
| 1. | cane (contact) beat with a cane | ||
| Examples | They want to cane the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | flog, lambast, lambaste | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat up, work over | ||
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