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The Meaning of can
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() an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]
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(n.) A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
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(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.
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(v. t.) To preserve by putting in sealed cans
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(v. t. & i.) To know; to understand.
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(v. t. & i.) To be able to do; to have power or influence.
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(v. t. & i.) To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
Synonyms
fanny
,
privy
,
tail
,
seat
,
butt
,
stool
,
rear end
,
tin
,
tin can
,
nates
,
bottom
,
potty
,
fundament
,
crapper
,
posterior
,
buttocks
,
behind
,
bathroom
,
stern
,
commode
,
backside
,
bum
,
john
,
atomic number 50
,
buns
,
can buoy
,
hindquarters
,
tail end
,
derriere
,
tooshie
,
throne
,
hind end
,
rump
,
toilet
,
keister
,
lavatory
,
ass
,
prat
,
arse
,
lav
,
rear
,
tush
,
canister
,
canful
,
cannister
,
pot
,
screw
,
female genital organ
,
substructure
,
stinkpot
,
goat
,
cornerstone
,
git
,
croup
,
arsehole
,
shadower
,
skunk
,
base
,
foundation
,
butt end
,
fuck
,
shag
,
place
,
bottomland
,
fucking
,
scum bag
,
asshole
,
freighter
,
understructure
,
stub
,
after part
,
female genitals
,
tramp
,
female genitalia
,
idler
,
nookie
,
piece of tail
,
laughingstock
,
shtup
,
poop
,
foot
,
screwing
,
fag
,
quarter
,
do-nothing
,
back end
,
dirty dog
,
merchantman
,
croupe
,
butt joint
,
back tooth
,
bunghole
,
rat
,
nooky
,
back
,
underside
,
piece of ass
,
layabout
,
merchant ship
,
undersurface
,
tail assembly
,
hobo
,
loafer
,
roll in the hay
,
empennage
,
rotter
,
so-and-so
,
stooge
,
target
,
stinker
,
bottom of the inning
,
cigaret
,
coffin nail
,
crumb
,
groundwork
,
shadow
,
fag end
,
cigarette
,
bed
,
basis
,
lowlife
,
puke
,
flock
,
sens
,
mickle
,
thunder mug
,
pile
,
potbelly
,
fecal matter
,
bay window
,
gutter
,
weed
,
heap
,
kitty
,
sess
,
smoke
,
lot
,
passel
,
slew
,
faeces
,
sewer
,
deal
,
quite a little
,
faecal matter
,
locoweed
,
peck
,
sight
,
wad
,
ordure
,
grass
,
good deal
,
flowerpot
,
chamberpot
,
toilette
,
chiffonier
,
green goddess
,
batch
,
stack
,
mess
,
spate
,
potful
,
corporation
,
mountain
,
plenty
,
potentiometer
,
mint
,
dope
,
raft
,
jackpot
,
mass
,
tidy sum
,
hatful
,
gage
,
tummy
,
feces
,
great deal
,
dejection
,
muckle
,
flush toilet
,
washbasin
,
earth-closet
,
outhouse
,
washstand
,
washbowl
,
whoremaster
,
whoremonger
,
basin
,
trick
,
bath
,
jakes
,
digest
,
abide
,
tolerate
,
put forward
,
support
,
sack
,
give the axe
,
endure
,
give the sack
,
put up
,
post
,
stick out
,
fire
,
offer
,
give notice
,
displace
,
house
,
stomach
,
erect
,
dismiss
,
raise
,
provide
,
nominate
,
brook
,
set up
,
domiciliate
,
suffer
,
stand
,
force out
,
contribute
,
terminate
,
send away
,
bear
,
throw out
,
kindle
,
notify
,
depose
,
advise
,
gouge
,
go off
,
burn
,
apprize
,
rout out
,
plunder
,
enkindle
,
end
,
give the bounce
,
evict
,
elicit
,
discount
,
finish
,
move
,
stop
,
arouse
,
drive out
,
crowd out
,
brush off
,
squeeze out
,
open fire
,
usher out
,
send packing
,
send word
,
apprise
,
dissolve
,
push aside
,
give the gate
,
clear
,
ignore
,
provoke
,
sack up
,
burn down
,
cease
,
squirt
,
rouse
,
brush aside
,
discharge
,
evoke
,
fuel
,
preempt
,
eject
,
disregard
,
drop
,
net
,
preserve
,
keep
Homophones
caen
,
cann
,
kan
,
kann
,
kanne
,
quean
Rhymes
afghan
,
afghanistan
,
ahn
,
an
,
anchorman
,
ann
,
anne
,
ariane
,
assemblyman
,
bahn
,
ban
,
banh
,
bann
,
batman
,
beagan
,
beaudin
,
bedpan
,
began
,
bhutan
,
blan
,
blann
,
bogeyman
,
boivin
,
bouman
,
bourquin
,
bran
,
brann
,
businessman
,
caen
,
caftan
,
cancan
,
cann
,
cannes
,
caravan
,
carryanne
,
catamaran
,
caveman
,
cezanne
,
chan
,
chapin
,
chauvin
,
clan
,
clergyman
,
couchman
,
counterman
,
cruzan
,
cspan
,
cwmbran
,
cyan
,
dagestan
,
dahn
,
dan
,
dann
,
deadpan
,
deehan
,
deguzman
,
dextran
,
diahann
,
diane
,
dianne
,
divan
,
doorman
,
doran
,
duan
,
duignan
,
dupin
,
duran
,
dyane
,
fan
,
fayanne
,
ferdinand
,
fisherman
,
flagman
,
flan
,
flann
,
forman
,
fran
,
frogman
,
gahn
,
gan
,
gann
,
gaudin
,
gauguin
,
gaulin
,
gauvain
,
gauvin
,
gayman
,
georgann
,
geurin
,
glahn
,
glassman
,
gloriane
,
gnann
,
gosplan
,
grahn
,
gran
,
guardsman
,
hackman
,
handyman
,
harahan
,
harmattan
,
helmsman
,
hillman
,
hindustan
,
hitman
,
intertan
,
iran
,
jaan
,
jahn
,
jan
,
jann
,
japan
,
jazzman
,
joann
,
joanne
,
jourdan
,
journeyman
,
kan
,
kann
,
kanne
,
kazakhstan
,
kinsman
,
klahn
,
klan
,
klann
,
kurdistan
,
lan
,
lann
,
lapan
,
lappin
,
lausanne
,
leann
,
lennane
,
lifespan
,
liliane
,
loran
,
louanne
,
loudin
,
lucianne
,
lyanne
,
macmahon
,
mactan
,
madman
,
mahn
,
mailman
,
man
,
mann
,
manne
,
marianne
,
marplan
,
maryann
,
maryanne
,
maupin
,
mcan
,
mccann
,
mcfann
,
mcgann
,
mchan
,
mcmahon
,
mcmann
,
mcshan
,
merman
,
middleman
,
milan
,
milkman
,
minivan
,
minuteman
,
moulin
,
nan
,
newsman
,
newspaperman
,
nurseryman
,
oilman
,
outman
,
outran
,
overran
,
padmanabhan
,
pakistan
,
pan
,
panne
,
patrolman
,
pecan
,
phan
,
plan
,
poulin
,
pran
,
quean
,
quillman
,
qumran
,
quran
,
radioman
,
ran
,
ranh
,
rann
,
rattan
,
repairman
,
rodin
,
rosanne
,
roseanne
,
roxanne
,
ruthann
,
san
,
san-fran
,
sandman
,
saran
,
saucepan
,
scan
,
scran
,
sedan
,
serviceman
,
shan
,
sideman
,
skean
,
snowman
,
soloman
,
span
,
spann
,
spokane
,
stan
,
stann
,
sudan
,
suntan
,
superman
,
susanne
,
suzanne
,
taliban
,
tan
,
tann
,
tarzan
,
than
,
tinman
,
toussaint
,
tran
,
tristan
,
turbofan
,
turkmenistan
,
van
,
vann
,
vantran
,
voisin
,
walkman
,
weatherman
,
wenfan
,
whan
,
wingspan
,
yahn
,
yan
,
yucatan
,
zahn