cane
/keɪn/noun
उच्चारण केन
बेंत, गन्ना
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[C, U]
the hard hollow stem of some plants such as bamboo or sugar cane
बेंत, गन्ना
- sugar cane
- Farmers in the region grow sugar cane, and many of the mills nearby crush it into jaggery.
- Workers cut the cane and loaded it onto bullock carts.
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- The chair seat is made of woven cane.
- Fresh cane juice is popular on hot afternoons in Delhi.
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[C]
a long thin stick used to help somebody to walk, or (in the past) for punishing children
छड़ी
- The old man walked with a cane.
- He leaned on a cane as he slowly climbed the steps of the temple.
- My grandfather walks to the park with a wooden cane.
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- The headmaster in old stories always carried a cane.
- She holds a white cane when she crosses the road.
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[T] ~ sb
to hit a child with a cane as a punishment
बेंत से मारना
- In the past, students were caned.
- Schools in India no longer allow teachers to cane pupils, because corporal punishment is banned.
- In the old days, naughty boys were caned in front of the class.
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- He was caned by his teacher when he was young, and he never forgot it.
- Caning pupils is now against the law in many countries.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a cane (countable noun, stick)
A cane for walking is countable and takes an article: he walks with a cane. Say with a cane, not with help of cane.
चलने के सहारे की छड़ी countable है और उसके साथ article आता है: he walks with a cane।
- The old teacher walked slowly with a cane.
- She leaned on her cane at the bus stop.
cane (uncountable, plant material)
Cane also means the stem of sugar cane, bamboo or rattan. In this sense it is often uncountable: cane furniture, cane juice.
'Cane' का अर्थ गन्ने, बाँस या बेंत का तना भी है। इस अर्थ में यह प्रायः uncountable है: cane furniture, cane juice।
- The fields were full of tall cane.
- They sat on cane chairs on the verandah.
cane sb (transitive verb)
As a verb it means to beat someone with a cane as punishment. The person is the direct object: cane the pupil, not cane on the pupil.
Verb के रूप में इसका अर्थ किसी को सज़ा के तौर पर बेंत से पीटना है। व्यक्ति direct object होता है।
- Schools no longer cane pupils.
- The headmaster was dismissed for caning a boy.
sugar cane / sugarcane
The plant is written as two words or one: sugar cane or sugarcane. The juice is called sugarcane juice.
इस पौधे को दो शब्दों में या एक शब्द में लिखा जाता है: sugar cane या sugarcane।
- Sugarcane is an important crop in Uttar Pradesh.
- We drank fresh sugarcane juice in summer.
+Collocations 4
adjective + cane
walkingsugarbamboothinwoodentall
- The farmer cut the tall cane with a sickle.
verb + cane
uselean oncarrycutbend
- He leaned on his cane as he climbed the steps.
cane + noun
juicechairbasketsugarfurniturefield
- Cane furniture is popular in coastal homes.
noun + cane
walkingsugarwhitebamboorattan
- A blind man tapped a white cane on the road.
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- The sugar cane harvest begins in November.
गन्ने की कटाई नवंबर में शुरू होती है।
- Radhika's grandfather never went out without his cane.
राधिका के दादा अपनी छड़ी के बिना कभी बाहर नहीं जाते थे।
- The shop sells baskets made of cane.
दुकान में बेंत की बनी टोकरियाँ बिकती हैं।
- The old law allowed teachers to cane pupils.
पुराना कानून अध्यापकों को विद्यार्थियों को बेंत मारने की अनुमति देता था।
- We stopped at a stall for cold cane juice.
हम ठंडा गन्ने का रस पीने के लिए एक ठेले पर रुके।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The old man walks with the help of cane.
✓ The old man walks with the help of a cane.
A singular countable noun needs an article.
Singular countable noun के साथ article चाहिए।
✗ The teacher caned on the boy's palm.
✓ The teacher caned the boy on the palm.
Cane is transitive, so the person is its object with no preposition.
'Cane' transitive है, इसलिए व्यक्ति उसका object होता है, बीच में preposition नहीं आता।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Homophone: cane (a stick) and Cain (a person in the Bible) are pronounced /keɪn/.
Homophone: cane (छड़ी) और Cain (बाइबल का एक व्यक्ति) की pronunciation /keɪn/ है।
Keep the stick words together: cane, staff (a long stick for walking), rod, baton, crutch (a stick that fits under the arm).
छड़ी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: cane, staff (चलने की लंबी छड़ी), rod, baton, crutch (बगल में लगने वाली बैसाखी)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
India is the second-largest producer of sugar cane in the world (after Brazil); Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer in India.
भारत गन्ने का दुनिया में दूसरा सबसे बड़ा उत्पादक है (ब्राज़ील के बाद); उत्तर प्रदेश भारत में सबसे बड़ा उत्पादक है।
Law: corporal punishment (physical punishment such as caning) in schools is banned in India under the Right to Education Act, 2009.
कानून में स्कूलों में शारीरिक दंड (जैसे बेंत से मारना) शिक्षा का अधिकार अधिनियम, 2009 के तहत भारत में प्रतिबंधित है।