Definition of Can
1. Noun. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
Specialized synonyms: Beer Can, Caddy, Tea Caddy, Cannikin, Coffee Can, Milk Can, Oilcan, Soda Can
Generic synonyms: Container
Derivative terms: Tin
2. Verb. Preserve in a can or tin. "The chefs can the vegetables"; "Tinned foods are not very tasty"
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Keep, Preserve
Derivative terms: Cannery, Tin, Tin
3. Noun. The quantity contained in a can.
4. Verb. Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Specialized synonyms: Retire, Pension Off, Clean Out, Furlough, Lay Off, Squeeze Out, Dismiss, Drop, Send Away, Send Packing
Generic synonyms: Remove
Derivative terms: Dismissal, Dismissible, Dismission, Firing, Sack, Sacking
Antonyms: Hire
5. Noun. A buoy with a round bottom and conical top.
6. Noun. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Generic synonyms: Body Part
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk
Derivative terms: Posterior
7. Noun. A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination.
Group relationships: Bath, Bathroom, Bathroom, John, Lav, Lavatory, Privy, Toilet
Specialized synonyms: Flushless Toilet, Flush Toilet, Lavatory, Potty Chair, Potty Seat
Generic synonyms: Plumbing Fixture
Terms within: Toilet Bowl, Toilet Seat
Derivative terms: Crap, Stool
8. Noun. A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.
Specialized synonyms: Head, Comfort Station, Convenience, Public Convenience, Public Lavatory, Public Toilet, Restroom, Toilet Facility, Wash Room, Washroom, Closet, Loo, W.c., Water Closet
Generic synonyms: Room
Terms within: Commode, Crapper, Pot, Potty, Stool, Throne, Toilet
Definition of Can
1. n. A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
2. v. t. To preserve by putting in sealed cans
3. v. t. & i. To know; to understand.
Definition of Can
1. Initialism. The Andean Community of Nations. ¹
2. Initialism. (inorganic compound) ceric ammonium nitrate ¹
3. Initialism. (computing) campus Campus area network. ¹
4. Initialism. Consistent and asymptotically normal, a statistic estimator ''T''''n''(''X''1, ''X''2, ..., ''X''''n'') is CAN (consistent and asymptotically normal) if .... ¹
5. Abbreviation. (alternative spelling of Can.) ¹
6. Verb. (context: modal auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. ¹
7. Verb. (context: modal auxiliary verb, defective informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to. ¹
8. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To know. ¹
9. Noun. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium. ¹
10. Noun. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a ''watering can''). ¹
11. Noun. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. ¹
12. Noun. (US slang) toilet, bathroom. ¹
13. Noun. (US slang) buttocks. ¹
14. Noun. (slang) jail or prison. ¹
15. Noun. (slang) headphones. ¹
16. Verb. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar. ¹
17. Verb. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). ¹
18. Verb. To shut up. ¹
19. Verb. (US euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Can
1. to put in a can (a cylindrical container) [v CANNED, CANNING, CANS] / used as an auxiliary to express ability [v CANST, COULD, COULDEST, COULDST present sing. 2d person CAN or CANST, past sing. 2d person COULD, COULDEST, or COULDST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Can
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