cane vs traipse

cane

noun
  • A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick 

  • Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar 

  • Sugar cane 

  • The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae 

  • A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment. 

  • Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like 

  • A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking 

  • A local European measure of length; the canna. 

  • Corporal punishment by beating with a cane. 

  • 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 

  • A lance or dart made of cane 

  • The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed 

verb
  • to destroy; to comprehensively defeat 

  • To make or furnish with cane or rattan. 

  • to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement 

  • to produce extreme pain 

  • to do something well, in a competent fashion 

traipse

noun
  • A long or tiring walk. 

  • A meandering walk. 

verb
  • To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount. 

  • To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort 

  • To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. 

  • to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly. 

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