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recane

recane verb: to replace the cane or rattan in (a piece of furniture).

Verb

recane (third-person singular simple present recanes, present participle recaning, simple past and past participle recaned)

  1. (transitive) To replace the cane or rattan in (a piece of furniture).
    • We need to have that old chair recaned.

Forms of recane

third-person singular presentrecanes
present participlerecaning
past participlerecaned
pastrecaned

Origin of recane

From re- + cane.

Questions about recane

What does recane mean?
Recane means to replace the cane or rattan in (a piece of furniture).
What part of speech is recane?
Recane is a verb.
What is the past tense of recane?
The past tense of recane is recaned.

Words near recane in the dictionary

  1. recancellation
  2. recancelled
  3. recancelling
  4. recancels
  5. recandidacy
  6. recane
  7. recaned
  8. recanes
  9. recaning
  10. recanned
  11. recanning

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