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Definition of cane verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cane

verb
 
/keɪn/
 
/keɪn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cane
 
/keɪn/
 
/keɪn/
he / she / it canes
 
/keɪnz/
 
/keɪnz/
past simple caned
 
/keɪnd/
 
/keɪnd/
past participle caned
 
/keɪnd/
 
/keɪnd/
-ing form caning
 
/ˈkeɪnɪŋ/
 
/ˈkeɪnɪŋ/
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  1. cane somebody to hit somebody with a cane as a punishment
    • He was caned in front of the whole school.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.
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