| cane | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cane | a stick that people can lean on to help them walk. |
| ~ malacca cane, malacca | a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm. |
| ~ swagger stick | a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers. |
| ~ sword cane, sword stick | a cane concealing a sword or dagger. |
| ~ walking stick | a stick carried in the hand for support in walking. |
| n. (plant) | 2. cane | a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane. |
| ~ sugar cane, sugarcane | juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice. |
| ~ rattan cane, rattan | the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes. |
| ~ malacca | stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles. |
| ~ stalk, stem | a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cane | a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment. |
| ~ switch | a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment. |
| v. (contact) | 4. cane, flog, lambast, lambaste | beat with a cane. |
| ~ beat up, work over, beat | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
| crutch | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. crutch | a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking. |
| ~ staff | a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose.; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" |
| n. (act) | 2. crutch | anything that serves as an expedient.; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch" |
| ~ expedient | a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one. |
| rod | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. rod | a long thin implement made of metal or wood. |
| ~ baton, wand | a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir. |
| ~ baton | a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette. |
| ~ connecting rod | a rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft). |
| ~ control rod | a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction. |
| ~ fishing pole, fishing rod | a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line. |
| ~ implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. |
| ~ kickstand | a swiveling metal rod attached to a bicycle or motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle; the rod lies horizontally when not in use but can be kicked into a vertical position as a support to hold the vehicle upright when it is not being ridden. |
| ~ pole | a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic. |
| ~ ramrod | a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm. |
| ~ ramrod | a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm. |
| ~ rotating shaft, shaft | a revolving rod that transmits power or motion. |
| ~ shaft | a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow). |
| ~ stair-rod | a rod that holds a stair-carpet in the angle between two steps. |
| ~ tie rod | either of two rods that link the steering gear to the front wheels. |
| ~ wand | a rod used by a magician or water diviner. |
| n. (animal) | 2. rod | any rod-shaped bacterium. |
| ~ bacteria, bacterium | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants. |
| ~ streptobacillus | any of various rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. perch, pole, rod | a linear measure of 16.5 feet. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ yard, pace | a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. |
| ~ furlong | a unit of length equal to 220 yards. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. perch, pole, rod | a square rod of land. |
| ~ area unit, square measure | a system of units used to measure areas. |
| n. (body) | 5. retinal rod, rod, rod cell | a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light. |
| ~ retina | the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve. |
| ~ visual cell | one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light. |
| ~ retinal purple, rhodopsin, visual purple | a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. gat, rod | a gangster's pistol. |
| ~ handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand. |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| staff | | |
| n. (group) | 1. staff | personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions" |
| ~ newsroom | the staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical.; "every newspaper editor is criticized by the newsroom" |
| ~ personnel, force | group of people willing to obey orders.; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" |
| ~ office staff, office | professional or clerical workers in an office.; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard" |
| ~ research staff | a group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory. |
| ~ sales staff | those in a business who are responsible for sales. |
| ~ security staff | those in an organization responsible for preventing spying or theft. |
| ~ maintenance staff, service staff | those in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant. |
| ~ general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy. |
| ~ headquarters staff | military staff stationed at headquarters. |
| ~ staff member, staffer | an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. staff | a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose.; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" |
| ~ alpenstock | a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers. |
| ~ baton | a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority. |
| ~ shepherd's crook, crook | a long staff with one end being hook shaped. |
| ~ crutch | a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking. |
| ~ distaff | the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning. |
| ~ flagpole, flagstaff | a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised. |
| ~ pikestaff | the staff of a pike. |
| ~ quarterstaff | a long stout staff used as a weapon. |
| ~ stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood.; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" |
| n. (group) | 3. faculty, staff | the body of teachers and administrators at a school.; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" |
| ~ body | a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity.; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" |
| ~ school | an educational institution.; "the school was founded in 1900" |
| ~ prof, professor | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university. |
| n. (substance) | 4. staff | building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration. |
| ~ building material | material used for constructing buildings. |
| n. (communication) | 5. staff | a rod carried as a symbol. |
| ~ symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. |
| ~ crosier, crozier | a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office. |
| ~ mace | a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority. |
| ~ scepter, sceptre, verge, wand | a ceremonial or emblematic staff. |
| ~ tipstaff | staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable. |
| n. (communication) | 6. staff, stave | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written. |
| ~ musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians. |
| ~ staff line | any of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staff. |
| ~ space | one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff.; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| v. (competition) | 7. staff | provide with staff.; "This position is not always staffed" |
| ~ man | provide with workers.; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths" |
| ~ cater, ply, provide, supply | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" |
| v. (competition) | 8. staff | serve on the staff of.; "The two men staff the reception desk" |
| ~ serve | do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function.; "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms" |
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