cane
English Thesaurus
1. a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | switch, |
| definition | : | a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment (noun.artifact) |
2. a stick that people can lean on to help them walk (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | walking stick, |
| definition | : | a stick carried in the hand for support in walking (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | malacca, malacca cane, |
| definition | : | a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | swagger stick, |
| definition | : | a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers (noun.artifact) |
3. a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | stalk, stem, |
| definition | : | a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sugar cane, sugarcane, |
| definition | : | juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | rattan, rattan cane, |
| definition | : | the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | malacca, |
| definition | : | stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles (noun.plant) |
4. beat with a cane (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | beat, beat up, work over, |
| definition | : | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression (verb.contact) |
5. a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment (noun.artifact)
6. beat with a cane (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | cane, |
| definition | : | a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment (noun.artifact) |
7. a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment (noun.artifact)
8. beat with a cane (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | cane, |
| definition | : | a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment (noun.artifact) |
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