the cane
noun
: a form of punishment in which a person is hit with a cane or stick
In the past, some teachers would resort to the cane when students misbehaved.
Examples of the cane in a Sentence
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Avoid wounding the cane, which allows penetration and infection by disease.
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, dachshunds are at a nearly two-decade peak, the cane corso is making moves, and there’s a new breed in the mix.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
The main difference is the cane identifies obstacles.
—Rachel Chang and Thomas Panek, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2024
By tapping and touching, the sightless person does not feel the cane per se but the objects—the curb, the doorway—that are felt through the tool, in the same way sighted people experience these objects through their eyes.
—Chip Colwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
For a time in the late 1960s, the cane chairs, now avatars of modern design, seemed ubiquitous in certain American households.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Ruck explained, lifting the cane up to highlight its silver mermaid handle.
—EW.com, 15 Jan. 2024
Prune grape vines to remove 80% to 85% of the cane growth.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
In addition, cane wounds caused by the thorns on crossing canes allow fungal pathogens to enter the cane, which can open up the plant to cane disease.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, dachshunds are at a nearly two-decade peak, the cane corso is making moves, and there’s a new breed in the mix.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
The main difference is the cane identifies obstacles.
—Rachel Chang and Thomas Panek, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2024
By tapping and touching, the sightless person does not feel the cane per se but the objects—the curb, the doorway—that are felt through the tool, in the same way sighted people experience these objects through their eyes.
—Chip Colwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
For a time in the late 1960s, the cane chairs, now avatars of modern design, seemed ubiquitous in certain American households.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Ruck explained, lifting the cane up to highlight its silver mermaid handle.
—EW.com, 15 Jan. 2024
Prune grape vines to remove 80% to 85% of the cane growth.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
In addition, cane wounds caused by the thorns on crossing canes allow fungal pathogens to enter the cane, which can open up the plant to cane disease.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
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“The cane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20cane. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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