Caná — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beer noun An alcoholic drink made by fermenting malted grain, usually flavored with hops.
- Cana noun The biblical village where, according to the Gospel of John, Jesus turned water into wine.
- cane noun The tall, jointed stem of plants like bamboo or sugar cane.
- hangover noun The headache, nausea, and other unpleasant effects felt after drinking too much alcohol.
- loom noun A machine used for weaving thread or yarn into cloth.
- reed noun A tall, slender grass-like plant that grows in wet ground or shallow water.
- rod noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
- shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.
Senses
Caná is used for these senses in English:
- Cana (biblical) The site where Jesus miraculously turned water into wine.
- beer (countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
- hangover Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
- loom The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
- reed (countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
- reed (countable, music) Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it.
- rod An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.
beer — full definition
- noun An alcoholic drink made by fermenting malted grain, usually flavored with hops.
- noun A single glass, bottle, or can of beer.