cade
/keɪd/
cade adjective: abandoned by its mother and reared by hand.
Adjective
cade (not comparable)
Noun (1)
cade (plural cades)
- An animal brought up or nourished by hand.
- Then on the verdrous Bank, where Spices rose, Rowl on the balmy Grass, or smiling play With her young Cade, her caded Lamb with Smiles Answer'd her Love, and lickt her dainty hand.1720, John Bulkeley, The Last-Day: Poem in XII Books, page 54
Verb
cade (third-person singular simple present cades, present participle cading, simple past and past participle caded)
- To make a pet of; to coddle, pamper, or spoil.
- Delicacies are thrown away upon a growing youth; they are quite out of place; his appetite does not require pampering, and cading, and coaxing; moreover, a youth who is made to think a great deal of his stomach is sure to grow up an epicure!1874, Pye Henry Chavasse, Counsel to a Mother on the Care and Rearing of her Children, 3rd edition, J.&A. Churchill, →OCLC, page 197
- Besides, the more luxury a child has, the more he will require—wants beget wants; until, at length, he will become a poor, wretched, artificial imbecile, fit only to be caded and cottoned up in warm enervating rooms; but totally unfit to be buffeted about—as is good for him—in this rough world of...[1881, Pye Henry Chavasse, The Mental Culture and Training of Children, Lindsay & Blakiston, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 118
Noun (2)
cade (plural cades)
- Juniperus oxycedrus (western prickly juniper), whose wood yields a tar.
Noun (3)
cade (plural cades)
Proper noun capitalized: Cade
Cade (plural Cades)
- A surname
- Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge; / The citizens fly and forsake their houses; / The rascal people, thirsting after prey, / Join with the traitor;,Scene IV
- A male given name
- They're fine lads, but if it's Cade Calvert you're setting your cap after, why, 'tis the same with me.1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
cade meaning in Urdu
cade in Urdu
- ہاتھ کا پالا بچھڑا, پیپا
Forms of cade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cades |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cades |
| present participle | cading |
| past participle | caded |
| past | caded |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cades |
| alternative form | Caid |
| alternative form | Caide |
| alternative form | Cayde |
| alternative form | Kade |
| alternative form | Kaid |
| alternative form | Kaide |
| alternative form | Kayde |
Origin of cade
From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin.
Borrowed from Middle French cade, from Old Occitan cade, from Latin catanum.
Borrowed from Middle French cade (“barrel”), from Latin cadus (“bottle, jar”).
Words formed from cade
- cade juniper
- cade oil
Words that rhyme with cade
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
- embayed
Questions about cade
- What does cade mean?
- Cade means abandoned by its mother and reared by hand.
- What is cade in Urdu?
- Cade in Urdu is ہاتھ کا پالا بچھڑا, پیپا. See Cade meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is cade?
- Cade can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cade?
- Cade is pronounced /keɪd/.
Words near cade in the dictionary
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