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/ |
- 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.Want to learn more?
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