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caned

/keɪnd/

caned is the simple past and past participle of cane.

Meaning of cane

Verb

cane (third-person singular simple present canes, present participle caning, simple past and past participle caned)

  1. To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
  2. (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
    • to cane chairs
  3. (New Zealand, UK, slang) To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
    • Mudchester Rovers were caned 10-0.
  4. (New Zealand, UK, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
  5. (UK, slang) To go very fast.
    Synonyms:
    cane it
  6. (Australia, UK, intransitive, slang) To produce extreme pain.
    • Don’t hit me with that. It really canes!

See all 19 meanings of cane

Adjective

caned (comparative more caned, superlative most caned)

  1. (UK, slang) intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
    • But, somehow, you missed the plane / You did too much E / Met somebody and spent the night getting caned2004, Amy Winehouse, Salaam Remi, “Fuck Me Pumps”, in Frank, performed by Amy Winehouse

Forms of caned

comparativemore caned
superlativemost caned

Words formed from caned

Phrases with caned

Words that rhyme with caned

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Questions about caned

What does caned mean?
Caned means intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
What is caned the simple past and past participle of?
Caned is the simple past and past participle of cane.
What part of speech is caned?
Caned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce caned?
Caned is pronounced /keɪnd/.

Words near caned in the dictionary

  1. canebrakes
  2. canebreak
  3. canebreaks
  4. canecutter
  5. canecutters
  6. caned
  7. caned it
  8. Canedo
  9. Canedos
  10. canefield
  11. canefield fever

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caned (page history and authors); cane (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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