A can is a metal container, usually cylindrical in shape, which has an airtight seal when it's new. All kinds of goods come in cans, from fruit and vegetables to paint and oil.
an obs. form of
Noun
airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
Noun
a room equipped with toilet facilities
Noun
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Noun
a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
Noun
the quantity contained in a can
Verb
preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
Verb
terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in
old poetry. [See Gan.]
n.
A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
n.
A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various
forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a
milk can.
v. t.
To preserve by putting in sealed cans
v. t. & i.
To know; to understand.
v. t. & i.
To be able to do; to have power or influence.
v. t. & i.
To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to;
as, I can go, but do not wish to.
Can
With gentle words he can faile gree.
Can
Fill the cup and fill can, Have a rouse before the morn.2.
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Can
I can rimes of Rodin Hood.
I can no Latin, quod she.
Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can.2.
The will of Him who all things can.
For what, alas, can these my single arms?
M'91c'91nas and Agrippa, who can most with C'91sar.3.
Yet he could not but acknowledge to himself that there was something calculated to impress awe, . . . in the sudden appearances and vanishings . . . of the masque
Tom felt that this was a rebuff for him, and could not but understand it as a left-handed hit at his employer.
an obs. form of
A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
To preserve by putting in sealed cans
To know; to understand.
Usage Examples
'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being.
A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.
A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.
A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.
A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments.
A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?
'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being the difference between sanity and insanity the meaning of life and death what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.
15 minutes a day! Give me just this and I'll prove I can make you a new man.
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Other Usage ExamplesA #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.
"I told my mom, 'I'm not buying another magazine until I can get past this thought of looking like the girl on the cover'. She said, ""Miley, you are the girl on the cover,' and I was, like, 'I know, but I don't feel like that girl every day.' You can't always feel perfect."
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
'The Panorama' is also the last place anywhere in New York where the World Trade Center still stands, whole, as it stood in the early morning of September 11. I can also see the corner where I saw the first tower fall and howled out loud. Seeing the buildings again here is uplifting, healing.
'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.
'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.
A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit someone who is self-confident and can make you smile.
"These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off than ""able-bodied"" folks. The person who has a disability today may have a superability tomorrow."
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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