CAN
\kˈan], \kˈan], \k_ˈa_n]\
Definitions of CAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
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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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To preserve by putting in sealed cans
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To know; to understand.
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To be able to do; to have power or influence.
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To be able; - followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
By Oddity Software
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A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
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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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To preserve by putting in sealed cans
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To know; to understand.
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To be able to do; to have power or influence.
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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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To be able; - followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
By Noah Webster.
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To be able; to possess power physically, morally, or mentally; used as an auxiliary verb.
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To put up in metal vessels for preservation.
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A metal vessel of small size, for holding liquids or preserving solids.
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Carred.
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Canning.
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Could.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A metal cup or vessel for liquors.
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To be able; to have sufficient power. Can but, can merely. Cannot but, cannot help. Cannot away with, cannot brook.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A cup or other vessel made of metal.
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Can denotes power when joined to another verb, as, I can eat-that is, I have the power to eat.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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