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Definition
(noun.) airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
(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'.
Checker: Michelle--From WordNet
Definition
() 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Be able to, have power to.[2]. Be possible to.
Checker: Thomas
Definition
n. a vessel for holding or carrying liquids generally of tinned iron with a handle over the top: a chimney-pot: a vessel of tin-plate in which meat fruit &c. are hermetically sealed for exporting—in England usually called a tin: a drinking-mug.—v.t. to put up for preservation in cans.—n.pl. Canned′-goods meat fruit &c. so prepared for preservation.—n. Can′nery a place where meat fish fruit &c. are canned.
v.i. to be able: to have sufficient power:—pa.t. Could.—Can is used for gan in M. E. and even in Spenser.
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Examples
- Perhaps you had better go after my friends at once, because the weather is warm, and I can not 'keep' long. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Nothing, he said, can be more just than such a description of him. Plato. The Republic.
- Reason is wholly inactive, and can never be the source of so active a principle as conscience, or a sense of morals. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I think that we have gathered all that we can. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Can we suppose that he is ignorant of antiquity, and therefore has recourse to invention? Plato. The Republic.
- I can't very well do it myself; because my back's so bad, and my legs are so queer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yo'll ca' me traitor and that—yo I mean t' say,' addressing Slackbridge, 'but 'tis easier to ca' than mak' out. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In many cases, it is preferable to exert a force of 30 pounds, for example, over the distance _CA_ than a force of 120 pounds over the shorter distance _BA_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But r-e-a-l-l-y, r-e-a-l-l-y, ca-ca-cannot Tom She-She-She-Sheridan assist you, marquis? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Ca vaudra mieux, said the doctor, turning from me to her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I've noted down the amount of the taxed costs and damages for which the ca-sa was issued, and we had better settle at once and lose no time. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then, I said I supposed he had a fine business, and Wemmick said, Ca-pi-tal! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A dog was nosing at one of the cans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- This does not require a multitude of cans and a great floor space, but a lot 25 by 50 feet is sufficient, for the ice is turned out in a continuous process like bricks from a brick machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There were no refuse cans out. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- And so much harm has been done by food preservatives that the pure food laws require that cans and bottles contain a labeled statement of the kind and quantity of chemicals used. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The cans are then removed, the vent hole closed by a drop of solder, and the goods thus hermetically sealed in a cooked or sterilized condition will keep for a long period of time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He'll be after the men's cans in the hay-field, and peeping in; and then there'll be an ado because it's not ginger beer, but I can't help it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Perhaps you had better go after my friends at once, because the weather is warm, and I can not 'keep' long. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Nothing, he said, can be more just than such a description of him. Plato. The Republic.
- Reason is wholly inactive, and can never be the source of so active a principle as conscience, or a sense of morals. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I think that we have gathered all that we can. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Can we suppose that he is ignorant of antiquity, and therefore has recourse to invention? Plato. The Republic.
- I can't very well do it myself; because my back's so bad, and my legs are so queer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I could tell you a story about that same uncle, gentlemen, that would rather surprise you. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Night also closed around; and when I could hardly see the dark mountains, I felt still more gloomily. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Dear Mr. Traddles and dear Trotwood, papa once free with honour, what could I wish for! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Yes, but such care could have been furnished by any one of us. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I wish, Mr. Yeobright, you could give me something to keep that once belonged to her--if you don't mind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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