(pathology) A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.
caen
cane
cane
noun
(US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar
(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
(countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
(countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
(countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking
(uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
(uncountable) Sugar cane
(uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed
(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
(with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
A lance or dart made of cane
A local European measure of length; the canna.
verb
(Britain, New Zealand, slang) to destroy; to comprehensively defeat
(Britain, New Zealand, slang) to do something well, in a competent fashion
(UK, slang, intransitive) to produce extreme pain
(transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
