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thrash
English
Etymology
From Middle English thrasshen, a dialectal variant of thresshen, threshen (whence the modern English thresh), from Old English þrescan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskan?, whence also Old High German dreskan, Old Norse þreskja.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??æ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Verb
thrash (third-person singular simple present thrashes, present participle thrashing, simple past and past participle thrashed)
- To beat mercilessly.
- To defeat utterly.
- To thresh.
- To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
- c. 1690, Juvenal, John Dryden (translator), The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, 1987, John Dryden: The Major Works, Oxford University Press, page 364,
- I rather would be Maevius, thrash for rhymes, / Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times.
- c. 1690, Juvenal, John Dryden (translator), The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, 1987, John Dryden: The Major Works, Oxford University Press, page 364,
- (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
- (computing) In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
Derived terms
- thrashel
- thrasher
Translations
Noun
thrash (countable and uncountable, plural thrashes)
- (countable) A beat or blow; the sound of beating.
- 1934 May, Robert E. Howard, Queen of the Black Coast in Weird Tales,
- As he reeled on wide-braced legs, sobbing for breath, the jungle and the moon swimming bloodily to his sight, the thrash of bat-wings was loud in his ears.
- 1934 May, Robert E. Howard, Queen of the Black Coast in Weird Tales,
- (music, uncountable) thrash metal
References
- (computing, software) P. J. Denning. 1968. Thrashing: Its Causes and Prevention. Proceedings AFIPS,1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference, vol. 33, pp. 915-922.
Anagrams
- Harths, harths
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English thrash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tr??/ (occasionally pronounced as [?????])
- Hyphenation: thrash
Noun
thrash m (uncountable)
- (music) thrash metal, thrash
- Synonym: thrashmetal
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cane
English
Etymology
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na). Related to channel and canal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k?e?n]
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Homophone: Cain
Noun
cane (countable and uncountable, plural canes)
- A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
- (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- Synonyms: stem, stalk, (of a tree) trunk
- (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed
- Synonym: reed
- (uncountable) Sugar cane
- Synonym: molasses cane
- (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar
- (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- Synonyms: rod, switch
- (with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
- Synonyms: a caning, six of the best, whipping, cuts
- A lance or dart made of cane
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
- Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign / The flying skirmish of the darted cane.
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- a rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
- Synonyms: staff, walking stick
- (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking
- (countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path
- Synonyms: blind man's cane, white cane
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
- (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
- A local European measure of length; the canna.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
cane (third-person singular simple present canes, present participle caning, simple past and past participle caned)
- to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
- (Britain, New Zealand, slang) to destroy; to comprehensively defeat
- (Britain, New Zealand, slang) to do something well, in a competent fashion
- (Britain, slang, intransitive) to produce extreme pain
- (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
Translations
Anagrams
- -ance, Caen, Cena, Nace, acne, ance
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin canis, from Proto-Italic *k?, from Proto-Indo-European *?w?. Cognates include Italian cane and Romanian câine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kan?/
Noun
cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna)
- (Cismontane dialects) dog (Canis familiaris)
Synonyms
- (Ultramontane dialects) ghjacaru
References
- “cane, cani” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
French
Etymology
From Middle French cane (“duck, female duck; literally floater, little boat”), from Old French cane (“boat, ship; waterbird”), from Middle Low German kane (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *kan? (“boat, vessel”). See Proto-Germanic *kanô (“boat, vessel”). Cognate with Norwegian kane (“swan-shaped vessel”), Dutch kaan (“boat”), German Kahn (“boat”), Old Norse kæna (“little boat”), and possibly Old Norse kn?rr (“ship”) (whence also Late Latin canardus (“ship”), from Germanic; and Old English cnearr (“merchant ship”)). Related to French canot (“little boat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kan/
- Homophone: Cannes
Noun
cane f (plural canes)
- duck (female duck)
Related terms
- canard
Further reading
- “cane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- Caen
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka.ne/
- Hyphenation: cà?ne
Etymology 1
From the Latin canem, accusative form of canis, from Proto-Italic *k? (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *?w? (accusative *?wónm?). Compare Portuguese cão, Romanian câine and Aromanian cãni.
Noun
cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna)
- dog, male dog
- Hypernym: canide
- (firearms) hammer
Derived terms
Related terms
Adjective
cane (invariable)
- (of cold) freezing, biting
- (of pain) terrible, dreadful, awful
See also
- abbaiare
- bau
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
cane f
- plural of cana
Adjective
cane
- feminine plural of cano
Anagrams
- acne, cena
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ka.ne/, [?kän?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ka.ne/, [?k??n?]
Verb
cane
- second-person singular present active imperative of can?
Noun
cane
- ablative singular of canis
References
- cane in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cane in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French cane, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na).
Alternative forms
- canne, kane, kanne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?n(?)/
Noun
cane (plural canes)
- bamboo, sugar cane, flax, or a similar simple-stemmed plant
- the stem or stalk of such a plant, often used to write with
- (rare) a metal implement used for surgery
- (rare) a bodily passage or tube, such as the trachea
Derived terms
- canel
Descendants
- English: cane
- Scots: cane
References
- “c?ne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.
Etymology 2
From Old English canne.
Noun
cane
- Alternative form of canne
Old French
Etymology
From Latin canna (“reed, cane”)
Noun
cane f (oblique plural canes, nominative singular cane, nominative plural canes)
- tube
Descendants
- French: canne
- Norman: tchêne (Jersey), kyeen (Sark)
- ? Middle English: cane, canne, kane, kanne
- English: cane
- Scots: cane
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- cani (campidanese)
Etymology
From the Latin canem, accusative form of canis, from Proto-Italic *k? (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *?w? (accusative *?wónm?). Compare Italian cane, Portuguese cão, Spanish can, French chien and Romanian câine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cane/
Noun
cane m or f (plural canes)
- dog
- Synonym: perru
Venetian
Noun
cane
- plural of cana
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