can
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- A usually cylindrical metal container. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- An airtight container, usually made of tin-coated iron, in which foods or beverages are preserved. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- The contents of such a container. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A jail or prison. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A toilet or restroom. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- The buttocks. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A naval destroyer. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To seal in an airtight container for future use; preserve. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To make a recording of. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To end the employment of; fire. synonym: dismiss. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To put an end or stop to. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- To solicit cash donations for a charity or other organization such as a club or amateur sports team by holding out a can or other container in a public place. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- (can of corn) Something that is easily accomplished, especially a routine catch of a fly ball in baseball. idiom …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- (can of worms) A complex or difficult problem. idiom …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- (in the can) Completed and ready for release, as a film or scene of a film. idiom …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Used to indicate physical or mental ability. auxiliary verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Used to indicate possession of a specified power, right, or privilege. auxiliary verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Used to indicate possession of a specified capability or skill. auxiliary verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Used to indicate possibility or probability. auxiliary verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Used to indicate that which is permitted, as by conscience or feelings. auxiliary verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Used to indicate probability or possibility under the specified circumstances. auxiliary verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Used to request or grant permission. auxiliary verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- The catty or pound of Cochin China, equal to 1 pound 6 ounces avoirdupois. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Knowledge; skill; ability. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- An abbreviation of canon; noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- of canto; noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- of cantoris. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A frequent Middle English corruption of gan, began, preterit of
ginnen , begin (seegin ): often equivalent, with the infinitive of a principal verb, to the preterit of that verb. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - A. As an independent verb. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To know; understand. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To know how to do; be able to do. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- [So in early use the negative, to con unthank, to give no thanks. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To have ability; be able. Still so used in Scotch: as, I'll no can go. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- B. As an auxiliary. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To be able; properly, to be able physically; hence, by extension, to be able mentally, morally, or legally; possess the qualities, qualifications, or resources necessary for the attainment of any end or the accomplishment of any purpose, the specific end or purpose being indicated by the verb to which can is auxiliary. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- [Formerly used also in the infinitive. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- May: noting merely permission; as, you can have it if you wish; can I speak to you a moment? …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To put into a can; especially, to put into sealed metal cans or glass jars, for preservation, as prepared vegetables, fruits, and meats. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A vessel of small or moderate size and made of any material, but now generally of sheet-metal, such as tin, and used as a drinking-cup or to contain liquids, preserves, etc. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A measure of liquids in the Shetland islands, containing about an English gallon. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- The revolving cylindrical holder into which the sliver falls from a carding-machine. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Cup and can. See
cup . noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - A chimney-pot. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of
begin , sometimes used in old poetry. [Seegan .] …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To preserve by putting in sealed cans. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To know; to understand. verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To be able to do; to have power or influence. verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without
to . verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com) - To know how to; to be
able to. verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) May ; to be permitted or enabled to. verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)- To
know . verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A more or less
cylindrical vessel forliquids , usually ofsteel oraluminium . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can). noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A tin-plate
canister , often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) toilet ,bathroom . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)buttocks . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)jail orprison . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)headphones . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)- To
preserve , byheating andsealing in a can orjar . verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - to
discard ,scrap orterminate (an idea, project, etc.). verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - To
shut up . verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - To
fire ordismiss anemployee . verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - the quantity contained in a can noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position verb …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- preserve in a can or tin verb …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- a buoy with a round bottom and conical top noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
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Etymology
- Old English canne "a cup, container," from Proto-Germanic *kanna (source also of Old Saxon, Old Norse, Swedish kanna, Middle Dutch kanne, Dutch kan, Old High German channa, German Kanne). Probably an early borrowing from Late Latin canna "container, vessel," from Latin canna "reed," also "reed pipe, small boat;" but the sense evolution is difficult. Modern "air-tight vessel of tinned iron" is from 1867 (can-opener is from 1877). Slang meaning "toilet" is c. 1900, said to be a shortening of piss-can. Meaning "buttocks" is from c. 1910.1867, 1877, 1900, 1910
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