canes

Mobility support sticks

Canes is the plural of cane—a walking stick, a length of bamboo or rattan, or the woody stem of certain plants like sugar cane or raspberry canes.

As a verb, canes means to beat with a cane as punishment, still practiced in some school systems and judicial codes: The headmaster caned him for tardiness.

She pruned the raspberry canes in early spring.

bamboo

bamboo

Tall woody grass

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  • shootsFires or photographs
  • culmAnthracite refuse or waste

nodes · rhizome · grove · thicket · garden · fast-growing · hollow · versatile · rattan

sugarcane

stalk

Plant's vertical support

crop · syrup · ethanol · bagasse · juice · molasses · rum · plantation · machete · refinery

punishment

flogging

Beating as punishment

judicial · schoolmaster · birch · switch · rod · beating · lash · chastisement · penalty · deterrent

decorative

carved

Cut to create form

heirloom · antique · collectible · gentleman · Victorian · ceremonial · ebony · engraved · fancy · vintage

blindness

navigation

Determining position and course

independence · sweep · guide · curb · wayfinding

Categories
Opposites
mobility aid type

caneswheelchairs

Seated conveyances for mobility-impaired

motorized scooters · walkers · stretchers · gurneys · hospital beds

mobility state

canesrunning

Swift foot travel

sprinting · able-bodiedness · agility

plant structure

canesvines

Climbing, trailing plants

tendrils · creepers

Phrases
Family

cane, canine, sugarcane, candy cane, caning, caned, canebrake, sugar cane, sugarcanes

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G