CANES

Definition: CANES

CANES

Plural

1. Of Canis

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "CANES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Synonym: CANES

Synonym: Staffs (Sticks). (additional references)

Crosswords: CANES

English words defined with "CANES": Arundiferous ♦ bamboo ♦ calamus, Calamus rotang, cane blight, Cane borer, Cane brake, Cane mill, Cany ♦ Ferulaceous ♦ malacca ♦ Pithy gall ♦ rattan, rattan cane, rattan palm ♦ Sacchariferous, sugar cane, sugarcane ♦ wicker. (references)

Specialty definitions using "CANES": ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM ♦ cane diagnosis, Canes Venatici, chamber drying, Clouded Cane, CORRECTIVE THERAPIST, Cvn, C Ven ♦ dead arm ♦ fruiting canes ♦ GUADUA ANGUSTIFOLIA ♦ kiln-drying, kilning, kiln-seasoning ♦ Nokomis ♦ ORTHOPEDIC ASSISTANT, orthopedic cast specialis ♦ PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT, physical therapy assistant, physical therapy technicia, physiotherapis, propagation by cuttings ♦ SACHARUM OFFICINALE, scale insects, striations. (references)

Non-English Usage: "CANES" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (be, be hoary, be white, become covered in white, celebrate, chant, clamp, crow, dog, dog-star, fish, foretell, gray, hound, 'jackal', lowest dice throw, play, recite, sing, sound, subordinate).

Domain	Usage
Tongue Twisters	Kris Kringle carefully crunched on candy canes. (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Brevard County: From Cape of the Canes to Space Coast (reference) Candy Canes! (Scratch and Sniff Fun!) (reference) Canes Through the Ages: With Value Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (reference) Carving Canes & Walking Sticks With Tom Wolfe (reference) Corporation of Canes (Nexus) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Woodcarving - Silvano Carves Canes (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	[Collection of Group Portraits] : [Gold-Headed Canes for Staff Members of the Hospital Center].Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Group of farmers at auction with auction assistants resting on canes used for guiding livestock, Sikeston, Missouri.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Andrew Johnson, residence in Greeneville, Tennessee. Entrance hall showing canes and coat rack.Credit: Library of Congress.		Two well dressed men with canes, standing on sidewalk outside saloon.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	There was a trophy of arms there, formed of wooden swords, canes, clubs, and foils.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Physiatrists and physical therapists teach paralyzed patients techniques for using assistive devices such as wheelchairs, canes, or braces as effectively as possible. (references)
		Physical therapy and exercise can also help preserve remaining function, and patients may find that various aids�such as foot braces, canes, and walkers�can help them remain independent and mobile. (references)
Business		A substantial part of Russian-made home health care products are represented by low-tech products such as manual wheelchairs, crutches, canes, simple bathing aids and lifts for elderly and disabled, tread mills, walking aids, mattresses, bandages, supports and simple orthopedic products. (references)
Political Economy	Sudan	Police fired at the protesters and used tear gas, live ammunition, grenades, canes and batons to disperse them. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"CANES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CANES" is used about 105 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	100%	105	31,781

The following table summarizes the usage of "CANES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Canes	Last name	130	65,157
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expression using "CANES": fruiting canes. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "CANES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		藤茎 (Cane). (various references)

Danish		bærende rameter (fruiting canes). (various references)

Dutch		vruchtdragende ranken (fruiting canes), suikerrietoogstmachine met stuksnijder en lader (chopper harvester loader, chopping loading harvester of sugar canes, cut load harvester). (various references)

Finnish		satoverso (fruit cane, fruiting canes, porter, rod), hedelmäverso (fruiting canes, porter). (various references)

French		rameaux porteurs (fruiting canes), récolteuse-tronçonneuse-chargeuse de cannes (chopping loading harvester of sugar canes). (various references)

German		Spazierstöcke, prügelt (cudgels, thrashes). (various references)

Greek		καρποφόρες βέργες (fruiting canes), καρποφόροι κλάδοι (fruiting canes), συλλεκτική μηχανή-τεμαχιστική-φορτωτική καλάμων (chopper harvester loader, chopping loading harvester of sugar canes, cut load harvester). (various references)

Italian		taglia-raccogli-caricatrice (chopper harvester loader, chopping loading harvester of sugar canes, cut load harvester), germogli fruttiferi (fruiting canes). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		猟犬座 (Canes Venatici, the Hunting dogs). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		りょうけ�"ざ (Canes Venatici, the Hunting dogs). (various references)

Korean		지팡이 (Cane, WAND). (various references)

Pig Latin		anescay

Portuguese		colhedor-picador-carregador de canas (chopper harvester loader, chopping loading harvester of sugar canes, cut load harvester), varas de fruto (fruiting canes). (various references)

Spanish		bastones. (various references)

Swedish		fruktbärande rankor (fruiting canes). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 16, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai epiqumwn cortasqhnai apo twn yiciwn twn piptontwn apo thV trapezhV tou plousiou alla kai oi kuneV ercomenoi apeleicon ta elkh autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cupiens saturari de micis quae cadebant de mensa divitis sed et canes veniebant et lingebant ulcera eius
Old English	990	West Saxon	And wilnode þæt he hine of his crumum gefylde þe of his beode feollun. and him nan man ne sealde: ac hundas comon and his wunda liccodon;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And coueitide to be fulfillid of the crummes, that fellen doun fro the riche mannus boord, and no man yaf to hym; but houndis camen, and lickiden hise bilis.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Desyringe to be refresshed with the cromes whiche fell from the ryche manes borde. Neverthelesse the dogges came and licked his soores.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Luke Chapter 16, Verse 21
Bulgarian	като желаеше да се нахрани от падналото от трапезата на богаташа; и кучетата дохождаха та лижеха раните му.
Cebuano	Ug gipangandoy ni Lazaro nga mabusog unta siya sa mga mumho nga nangatagak gikan sa lamisa sa tawong dato; ug labut pa, ang mga iro nanagpanuol kaniya ug ilang gitilapan ang iyang kabahong.
Chinese	要得財主桌子上掉下來的零碎充飢．並 �" 狗來餂他的瘡。
Croatian	i priželjkivao nasititi se onim što je padalo s bogataševa stola. Èak su i psi dolazili i lizali mu èireve."
Danish	Og han attråede at mættes af det, som faldt fra den Riges Bord; men også Hundene kom og slikkede hans Sår.
Dutch	En begeerde verzadigd te worden van de kruimkens, die van de tafel des rijken vielen; maar ook de honden kwamen en lekten zijn zweren.
Finnish	ja halusi ravita itseään niillä muruilla, jotka putosivat rikkaan pöydältä. Ja koiratkin tulivat ja nuolivat hänen paiseitansa.
French	et désireux de se rassasier des miettes qui tombaient de la table du riche; et même les chiens venaient encore lécher ses ulcères.
German	und begehrte sich zu sättigen von den Brosamen, die von des Reichen Tische fielen; doch kamen die Hunde und leckten ihm seine Schwären.
Haitian Creole	Li te byen anvi plen vant li ak bagay ki t'ap soti tonbe anba tab nonm rich la. Sa ki pi rèd, chen t'ap vin niche malenng li yo tou.
Hungarian	És kíván vala megelégedni a morzsalékokkal, melyek hullanak vala a gazdagnak asztaláról; de az ebek is eljõvén, nyalják vala az õ sebeit.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ia ingin mengisi perutnya dengan remah-remah yang jatuh dari meja orang kaya itu. Anjing bahkan datang menjilat boroknya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	dan sedang ingin hendak mengenyangkan dirinya dengan remah yang jatuh dari atas meja orang kaya itu. Maka anjing pun datang menjilat pekungnya.
Italian	bramoso di sfamarsi di quello che cadeva dalla mensa del ricco. Perfino i cani venivano a leccare le sue piaghe.
Korean	부 자 의 상 에 서 떨 어 지 �" 것 으 로 배 불 리 � � 하 매 심 지 어 개 �"� 이 와 서 그 헌 데 를 핥 �" 라
Latvian	Viòð gribçja çst druskas, kas krita no bagâtnieka galda; un neviens viòam tâs nedeva, bet suòi nâca un laizîja viòa augoòus.
Maori	E hiahia ana hoki kia whangaia ki nga kongakonga e ngahoro ana i te tepu a te tangata taonga; a ko nga kuri rawa hoki i haere mai, ka mitimiti i ona mate.
Modern Greek	και επεθυμει να χορτασθη απο των ψιχιων των πιπτοντων απο της τραπεζης του πλουσιου· αλλα και οι κυνες ερχομενοι εγλειφον τας πληγας αυτου.
Norwegian	og hans attrå var å få mette sig med det som falt fra den rikes bord; men endog hundene kom og slikket hans sår.
Portuguese	o qual desejava alimentar-se com as migalhas que caíam da mesa do rico; e os próprios cães vinham lamber-lhe as úlceras.
Rumanian	Wi dorea mult sq se sature cu fqrqmiturile, cari cqdeau de la masa bogatului; pknq wi cknii veneau wi -i lingeau bubele.
Russian	Й ЦЕМБМ ОБ� ЙФБФШУС ЛТПЫЛБНЙ, � Б�"БАЭЙНЙ УП УФПМБ �'ПЗБЮБ, Й � УЩ, � ТЙИП�"С, МЙЪБМЙ УФТХ� ШС ЕЗП.
Shuar	Ti tsukamak Kuítrinniu misarinia kakekan yuattsa wakerimiai. Tura yawasha ni kuchaprin nukatiarmai.
Spanish	y deseaba saciarse con lo que caía de la mesa del rico. Aun los perros venían y le lamían las llagas.
Swahili	Lazaro alitamani kula makombo yaliyoanguka kutoka meza ya tajiri; na zaidi ya hayo, mbwa walikuwa wanakuja na kulamba vidonda vyake!
Swedish	och åstundade att få stilla sin hunger med vad som kunde falla ifrån den rike mannens bord. Ja, det gick så långt att hundarna kommo och slickade hans sår.
Thai	และเขาใคร่จะกินเศษอาหารที่ตกจากโต๊ะของเศรษฐีนั้น แม้สุนัขก็มาเลียแผลของเขา
Ukrainian	і бажав годуватися кришками, що зо столу багатого падали; пси ж приходили й рани лизали йому...
Uma	Doko' -i-hawo ngkoni' rupu' to mohewu' ngkai meja' topo'ua' toei. Wae-mi-hawo kampe'ahii' -na, rata wo'o-pi dike' mpojilai' waka' -na.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "CANES": canescent. (additional references)
	Words ending with "CANES": chicanes, decanes, dumbcanes, hurricanes, recanes, sugarcanes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"CANES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: billy, caen, cains, cames, Camesi, Canac, canas, candese, candess, canec, canee, Canek, canem, canen, canet, canews, canic, canips, canne, cannes, cannis, Canossa, canso, Cantes, canus, canvess, Caonis, Caunes, Cayes, cenas, cences, Cenis, cens, cenus, Chanes, chanse, ciane, cians, Cineas, cinex, Cinos, cins, cinse, Cnae, Cnaeus, Cnas, conese, Cunes, Cunescu, cunnes, cyane, cyaneas, cyanus, cynnes, cynos, kanas, Kanesh, Kanezo, kansei, mcans, Mccanse. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "CANES" (pronounced kā"nz)
3	-ā" n z	attains, banes, brains, campaigns, chains, champagnes, complains, constrains, contains, cranes, disdains, domains, drains, entertains, explains, gains, grains, Janes, lanes, mains, maintains, manes, obtains, pains, panes, pertains, plains, planes, rains, refrains, regains, reigns, reins, remains, restrains, retains, sprains, stains, strains, sustains, terrains, trains, vanes, veins, wanes.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: acnes, scena.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-n-s"
	-1 letter: aces, acne, anes, cane, cans, case, sane, scan.
	-2 letters: ace, ane, can, ens, nae, sac, sae, sea, sec, sen.
	-3 letters: ae, an, as, en, es, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-n-s"
	+1 letter: ascend, ascent, caners, canoes, casein, casern, centas, cleans, cranes, dances, enacts, encase, encash, hances, incase, lances, naches, nacres, nances, oceans, pecans, rances, scenas, seance, secant, seneca, stance, uncase, usance.
	+2 letters: absence, accents, acetins, achenes, acinose, acnodes, acumens, amnesic, ancones, ancress, anlaces, arcsine, arsenic, ascends, ascents, askance, beacons, cajones, calends, canapes, cancels, cancers, candies, candles, cangues, canines, cankers, cannels, canners, canters, cantles, careens, carnets, carneys, carnies, caseins, caserne, caserns, catenas, caverns, ceasing, censual, centals, cetanes, chaines, chances, changes, chasten, cineast, cinemas, cleanse, coarsen, corneas, cravens, dancers, deacons, decanes, decants, descant, encages, encamps, encased, encases, enchase, encinas, enclasp, enfaces, enlaces, fancies, fascine, fiances, glances, incages, incased, incases, inlaces, inscape, jaunces, lacunes, lancers, lancets, launces, manches, menaces, nancies, narcose, nascent, nectars, nuances, nutcase, octanes, pechans, prances, ranches, recanes, recants, sanicle, scalene, scaleni, scanned, scanner, scanted, scanter, seances, secants, senecas, slacken, snacked, sonance, spancel, stances, tanrecs, tenaces, trances, uncages, uncakes, uncased, uncases, unlaces, usances, usaunce.
	+3 letters: abducens, absences, acarines, acescent, acetones, achiness, acidness, aconites, acrogens, advances, agencies, alencons, alnicoes, amnesiac, amnesics, amnestic, analects, ancestor, ancestry, ancients, archines, archness, arcsines, arsenics, ascended, ascender, asthenic, balances, blackens, blanches, brackens, branches, brechans, brisance, cabezons, cabinets, cadences, cadenzas, caffeins, caginess, calcines, calmness, calzones, canalise, canaries, candelas, candlers, canellas, canister, canities, canniest, canoeist, canoness, canonise, canopies, canteens, canvased, canvaser, canvases, canzones, capelans, capelins, capeskin, capstone, carbines, carlines, carmines, carnages, casement, casernes, castanet, caterans, cayennes, celadons, cenacles, centares, centaurs, centavos, centrals, ceratins, cesarean, cesarian, chalones, chancels, chancres, changers, channels, chanters, chanteys, chanties, charnels, chastens, chazzens, cheapens, chessman, chicanes, cineaste, cineasts, cisterna, clangers, clansmen, cleaners, cleanest, cleansed, cleanser, cleanses, cleanups, coagents, coarsens, cocaines, codeinas, coenacts, cognates, coinages, concaves, conceals, congeals, cosecant, cowbanes, cragsmen, cranches, crankest, crankles, crannies, creasing, creatins, cremains, cyanates, cyanides, cyanines, cyanites, cyanosed, cyanoses, decagons, descants, diocesan, distance, durances, echidnas, enactors, encashed, encashes, encasing, enchains, enchants, enchased, enchaser, enchases, enclasps, enclaves, endocast, endosarc, enhances, entastic, escaping, estancia, etchants, eucaines, evanesce, exsecant, faciends, faiences, fanciers, fanciest, fascines, feasance, fiancees, finances, furnaces, ganaches, glancers, hackneys, haunches, inarches, increase, inscapes, insectan, instance, issuance, jaconets, joyances, knackers, kneecaps, laciness, lactones, lacunose, lanciers, launches, lucarnes, lunacies, machines, magnesic, manacles, manchets, melanics, menacers, meniscal, nacelles, nacreous, narceins, narcoses, nascence, nascency, nautches, newscast, nictates, notecase, nuclease, nuisance, nutcases, opencast, packness, painches, panaceas, panaches, pancakes, pancreas, pandects, panicles, panoches, paunches, pelicans, pemicans, penances, pinnaces, piscinae, planches, prancers, raciness, ranchers, raunches, reascend, reascent, recleans, recusant, reenacts, romances, salicine, salience, saliency, sanicles, sapience, sapiency, sarcenet, saucepan, scalenus, scalepan, scandent, scanners, scantest, scantier, scanties, scavenge, scenario, scenical, sciaenid, scrannel, secantly, semantic, slackens, snatched, snatcher, snatches, sonances, sonicate, spaceman, spacemen, spancels, stanched, stancher, stanches, sycamine, tacnodes, tacrines, tetanics, tranches, transect, unbraces, uncashed, uncasked, uncaused, unchaste, uncrates, unifaces, unscaled, usaunces, vaccines, valances, valences, vendaces, vesicant, zincates.
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