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# cane

noun (a cane, canes); verb (cane, canes, caned, caning)

«cane» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cane is a stick that people use to help them walk; a white cane helps blind people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#m1)
2. A cane is the long hollow stem of some plants, like bamboo or sugar cane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#m2)
3. A cane is a thin stick for supporting garden plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#m3)
4. A candy cane is a striped sweet shaped like a walking stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#m4)
5. In the past, to cane meant to hit a pupil with a stick as punishment, which is now banned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, older people or people with injuries use a cane; a white cane tells others someone is blind or partly sighted. In science and geography, sugar cane is grown to make sugar. At Christmas, candy canes are a treat. Phrases: walking cane, white cane, sugar cane, candy cane.

### Examples

- Grandpa walks with a cane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#x1)
- A white cane helps a blind person find their way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#x2)
- Sugar is made from sugar cane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#x3)
- We hung candy canes on the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#x4)
- The tomato plants are tied to bamboo canes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#x5)
- Long ago, pupils were punished with a cane, but this is not allowed now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#x6)
- Please give way to the man with the cane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#x7)
- Then he took his cane in his hand, and started for home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a cane, canes. Do not confuse with Cain (a name) or can. In the UK a walking cane is often called a walking stick. Be kind: never move or touch someone's white cane without asking.

## In Jewish tradition

In Jeremiah and Isaiah, "sweet cane" is a fragrant plant used as spice in the incense and anointing oil.

**Interpretation.** The prophets say God does not want costly spices when the heart is far from Him. Tradition reads this as a call to justice before ritual.

### Examples

- To what purpose is to Me the frankincense that cometh from Sheba, and the sweet cane, from a far country? (Prophets JER.6.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cane/#x1)
- Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened Me with thy sins, thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities. (Prophets ISA.43.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cane/#x2)

### Note

Countable: a cane, canes. Do not confuse with Cain (a name) or can. In the UK a walking cane is often called a walking stick. Be kind: never move or touch someone's white cane without asking.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cane/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cane.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cane» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cane/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cane» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cane.html) on Mova free.