cane

cane

cane (third-person singular simple present canes, present participle caning, simple past and past participle caned)

1. (UK, slang) To strike or beat, notably with a cane or similar implement; to destroy.
2. (UK, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
3. (UK, slang third person only) It hurts.

   Dont hit me with that: it really canes!

cane (countable and uncountable; plural canes)

1. (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the Grass family Gramineae.
2. (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the Grass family Gramineae; a reed.
3. (uncountable) sugar cane. (US, Southern) Sometimes applied to maize or rarely to sorghum when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
4. (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
5. (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
6. (uncountable) Corporal punishment by beating with a cane; the cane.

   The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.

7. (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.

8. (countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by blind persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.

cane inv.

1. freezing, biting (cold)

   Oggi fa un freddo cane! - Today is freezing cold!

2. terrible, dreadful, awful

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

	canna
	plant itself

	bastone per ciechi
	a long collapsible (and usually white for improved visibility) wooden, metal or plastic rod used by blind people to feel for obstacle|obstacles in their path

barra

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

	canna da zucchero
	slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo

bastonare

bastone da passeggio

canna di bamboo

giunco

paglia

palo

stelo

verga

Altri significati:

(countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.

(uncountable) Corporal punishment by beating with a cane; the cane.

(UK, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.

(UK, slang third person only) It hurts.

(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the Grass family '''Gramineae''' .

to beat

(countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.

(uncountable) sugar cane. (US, Southern) Sometimes applied to maize or rarely to sorghum when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.

(countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.

(uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the Grass family '''Gramineae''' ; a reed.

(UK, slang) To strike or beat, notably with a cane or similar implement; to destroy.

(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by blind persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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