cane
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
Types & categories
- walking stick hypernym
- malacca cane hyponym
- swagger stick hyponym
- sword cane hyponym
Sense 2 verb
beat with a cane
Types & categories
- beat up hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
Types & categories
- stalk hypernym
- sugarcane hyponym
- rattan cane hyponym
- malacca hyponym
Sense 4 noun
a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
Types & categories
- switch hypernym
Related & opposite
- cane derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | walking stick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | malacca cane |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swagger stick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sword cane |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whipping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cane |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat up |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stalk |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sugarcane |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rattan cane |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | malacca |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cane |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | switch |