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Definition can
Etymology 1
From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnan?, from Proto-Indo-European *?neh?- (whence know). Compare West Frisian kinne, Dutch kunnen, Low German könen, German können, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål kunne, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk kunna. Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.
Verb
can (third-person singular simple present can, present participle -, simple past could, past participle (obsolete except in adjectival use) couth)
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
- (obsolete, transitive) To know.
Etymology 2
From Middle English canne, from Old English canne (“glass, container, cup, can”), from Proto-Germanic *kann? (“can, tankard, mug, cup”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gan-, *gand?- (“a vessel”). Cognate with Scots can (“can”), West Frisian kanne (“a jug, pitcher”), Dutch kan (“pot, mug”), German Kanne (“can, tankard, mug”), Danish kande (“can, mug, a measure”), Swedish kanna (“can, tankard, mug”), Icelandic kanna (“a can”).
Noun
can (plural cans)
- 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.
- 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.
- (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
- (US, slang) Buttocks.
- (slang) Jail or prison.
- (slang, in the plural) Headphones.
- (archaic) A drinking cup.
- (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
- A chimney pot.
Verb
can (third-person singular simple present cans, present participle canning, simple past and past participle canned)
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