can

Plural: cans

Noun

• airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
• the quantity contained in a can
• a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
• A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
• A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
• A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods.
• A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
• A chamber pot.
• A chamber pot.
• a toilet or lavatory.
• Buttocks.
• The breasts of a woman.
• Jail or prison.
• Headphones.
• A drinking cup.
• A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
• A chimney pot.
• An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
• An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
• A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.

Verb

Verb Forms: canned, canning, cans, canst, could, couldest, couldst

• To be able to; to have the capacity or possibility.
• To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight container.
• preserve in a can or tin
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• To know how to.
• To be able to.
• May; to be permitted or enabled to.
• To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
• Used to form requests, typically polite.
• To know.
• To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
• To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
• To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
• To seal in a can.
• To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
• To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
• To shut up.
• To fire or dismiss an employee.
• To hole the ball.
• To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.

Intj

• OK, sure; indicates approval or acknowledgment.
• Used to convey reassurance.

Particle

• OK?; used at the end of a question when seeking approval or acknowledgment.

Examples

• "You can win this game if you just find a seven-letter word!"
• Animals can experience emotions.
• Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
• Bob’s in the can. He won’t be back for a few years.
• Can anot?
• Can I use your pen?
• Can it be Friday already?
• Can liao, don’t need to use so much glue.
• Can we try that scene again?
• Can you hear that?
• Can you please come over here?
• Can you remember your fifth birthday?
• Can your gob.
• He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
• I can feel the baby moving inside me.
• I can play football.
• I cut this wire, can?
• I keep a can of fuel for emergencies.
• She can speak English, French, and German.
• She tried to can her opponent’s lead, but he just kept scoring.
• Shit or get off the can.
• Soup in a can lasts for years.
• Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
• The boss canned him for speaking out.
• They canned air to sell as a novelty to tourists.
• They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
• You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.

Synonyms

arse, ass, backside, bathroom, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can buoy, canful, commode, crapper, derriere, dismiss, displace, fanny, fire, force out, fundament, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, hind end, hindquarters, john, keister, lav, lavatory, nates, posterior, pot, potty, prat, privy, put up, rear, rear end, rump, sack, seat, send away, stern, stool, tail, tail end, terminate, throne, tin, tin can, toilet, tooshie, tush, Cousin John, House of Lords, Jerry, Quincy, WC, axe, be able to, bedpan, big white telephone, bin, bog, bogger, brasco, can, can it, carsey, chamber, chamber pot, chemical toilet, cloaca, closet, closet of decency, closet of ease, cludgie, cognize, cottage, crapper trapper, dike, donniker, dump, dunny, facilities, gazunder, geography, grok, guzunder, head, highway to hell, honey bucket, honeypot, house of office, jacks, jacques, jakes, jerry, johnny, jordan, junk, karzy, ken, khazi, kocay, ladies and gentlemen, latrine, lats, lavabo, lavvy, lay off, let go, loo, make silent, may, mingo, necessarium, necessary, necessary place, necessary room, necessary stool, neddy, netty, office, office of ease, pan, pee pot, piss pot, pisser, pisspot, place, po, pooper, porcelain god, porcelain goddess, potty-chair, purging place, restroom, scrap, shield, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, shitter, siege, six, slop bucket, small room, smallest room, stifle, stool of easement, stop talking, teahouse, tearoom, throne room, thunder mug, thunderbox, toilet room, toot, urinal, urination station, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, washroom, water closet, withdraught

Antonyms

hire, can't, cannot, may not, mayn't

Related Words

Obama-can, Obamacan, can-can, cancan

Anagrams of can