a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
"After breaking his leg, he used a wooden cane to steady himself as he walked across the room."
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
"The farmer harvested the tall green cane to make baskets and furniture."
a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
"The teacher raised his cane high before bringing it down on the student's hand as punishment."
A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
"The farmer harvested the tall green cane to make sweet syrup from its juice."
The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
"The elephant used the tall cane to help it walk across the marshy ground."
In plain English: A cane is a long, thin stick that people use to help them walk when they need extra support.
"The old man used his walking cane to help him stay steady on the uneven pavement."
Usage: As a noun, "cane" refers specifically to the thick, woody stalk of plants like sugarcane or bamboo. When used as a verb, it means to hit someone repeatedly with such an object.
to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
"The teacher was reprimanded when it was revealed that she had cane the student in front of the entire class."
In plain English: To cane someone means to hit them with a stick as punishment.
"She stumbled on the sidewalk but managed to cane herself with her walking stick before falling."
Abbreviation of Canadian English.
"The famous boxer Sugar Ray Cane retired after a legendary career in the ring."
A surname.
The word cane comes from the Latin canna, meaning "reed," which was borrowed from Ancient Greek and ultimately traces back to Sumerian. Its original sense referred specifically to sugar cane before expanding to include other reed-like plants.