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Meaning
Verb
●
To know
how to
; to be able to.
●
May; to be
permitted
or
enabled
to.
●
To have the potential to; be possible.
●
Used with
verbs
of perception.
●
To know.
●
In Indian English:
To be (
followed by
a
word
like able, possible, allowed).
*
●
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.
●
In American English & :
To
fire
or
dismiss
an employee.
●
In Golf:
To
hole
the ball.
●
To
cover
(the
fuel
element
in a
nuclear reactor
) with a
protective
cover
.
Noun
●
A
more or less
cylindrical
vessel
for
liquids
, usually of
steel
or
aluminium
, but sometimes of
plastic
, and with a
carrying
handle
over the top.
●
In Containers:
A
container
used to
carry
and
dispense
water for
plants
(a
watering
can).
●
A
tin-plate
canister
, often
cylindrical
, for
preserved
foods
such as
fruit
,
meat
, or fish.
●
In American English:
A
chamber pot
, now (US,
slang
) a
toilet
or lavatory.
●
In American English & Buttocks:
Buttocks.
●
Jail or prison.
●
Headphones.
●
A
drinking
cup.
●
In Nautical:
A cube-shaped
buoy
or
marker
used to
denote
a port-side
lateral
mark
●
A
chimney
pot.
●
An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
●
In American English:
An
ounce
(or sometimes, two
ounce
s) of marijuana.
●
A
protective
cover
for the
fuel
element
in a
nuclear
reactor.
●
In Inorganic compounds:
ceric
ammonium
nitrate
●
In Automotive, Computing & Manufacturing:
Abbreviation of
controller
area network.
●
In Computing:
Initialism of
campus
area network.
●
In South African English:
Acronym of
community
action
network.
●
Initialism of
consistent
and
asymptotically
normal
, a
statistic
estimator
Tₙ(X₁, X₂, ..; Xₙ) is CAN (consistent and
asymptotically
normal
) if ....
●
In Australian English:
Acronym of
court
attendance
notice.
Name
●
Alternative
spelling
of Can.
●
Abbreviation
of
Controller
Area
Network;
ISO
standards
11898,
11898-1,
11898-2,
and
its
predecessor
standards.
●
The Andean Community of Nations.
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Origin
can
English
can
Middle English (1100-1500)
can
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
canne
Middle English (1100-1500)
canne
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Bin
Axe
Dump
Scrap
Junk
Stifle
Sack
Tin
Toilet
Bathroom
Shit-Can
Shitcan
Canne
Prison
Can It
Stop Talking
Make Silent
Let Go
Lay Off
Chamber Pot
Tin Can
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Related
Should
Will
Must
Might
Could
Would
Container
Does
Do
Bottle
Did
Box
Glass
Bucket
Think
Need
Shall
Mug
Pot
Tray
Like
Know
Spoon
Have To
Will Do
Ought To
Plastic Bag
May Well
May As Well
Might As Well
More
Rhymes
An
Pan
Ann
Van
Nan
Gan
San
Man
Gan
Dan
Nan
Ran
Fan
Lan
Man
Jan
San
Ban
Can
Scan
Mann
Chan
Bran
Stan
Plan
Than
Clan
Faan
Slan
Span
Stan
Anne
Fran
Gran
Flan
Shan
Chan
Diane
Japan
Stfan
Sudan
Unman
Fanne
Pecan
Began
Japan
Outran
Forban
Joanne
Rattan
Afghan
Afghan
Trepan
Mediafan
Overspan
Marzipan
Marianne
Salaryman
Bantustan
Kazakhstan
Femme Fan
Peter Pan
South Sudan
Marchand De Vin
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