Word a Day
cane
What does cane mean?
cane (noun): a strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use cane in a sentence?
- After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce cane?
/keɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cane come from?
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “cane” mean?
an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
Not quite: that's what qualification means.
a strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
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undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild
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a period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon
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