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cans, plural;
  1. Preserve (food) in a can

  2. Dismiss (someone) from their job
    • - he was canned because of a fight over promotion
  3. Reject (something) as inadequate
    • - the editorial team was so disappointed that they canned the project
Noun
  1. A cylindrical metal container
    • - a garbage can
    • - a can of paint
  2. A small steel or aluminum container in which food or drink is hermetically sealed for storage over long periods
    • - soup cans
  3. The quantity of food or drink held by such a container
    • - he drank two cans of beer
  4. Prison

  5. The toilet

  1. (can) airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
  2. (can) preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
  3. (can) displace: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
  4. (can) the quantity contained in a can
  5. (can) a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
  6. (can) buttocks: 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?"
  7. (A'can) The Super A'can is a console that was released exclusively in Taiwan in 1995 by Funtech Entertainment. ...
  8. Çan is a town and district of Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 52,929 of which 28,878 live in the town of Çan. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of .
  9. (Can (album)) Can, also known as Inner Space, is a Can album released in 1979. Former bassist Holger Czukay's involvement with this album is limited to tape editing. It is considered Can's last proper album, with the exception of the reunion album Rite Time.
  10. (CAN (chemistry)) Ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) is the inorganic compound with the formula (NH4)2Ce(NO3)6. This orange-red, water-soluble salt is widely used as an oxidising agent in organic synthesis and as a standard oxidant in quantitative analysis.
  11. (CAN (gene)) Nuclear pore complex protein Nup214 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NUP214 gene.
  12. (Can (verb)) In the English language, a modal verb is an auxiliary verb that can be used to change the grammatical mood of a sentence. The key way to identify a modal verb is by its defectiveness (they have neither participles nor infinitives).
  13. breasts
  14. (CAN) The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Canada; The IATA airport code for the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangdong, China
  15. (Can) Alternative spelling of Can.
  16. (can) A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium; 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; toilet, bathroom; buttocks; headphones; To ...
  17. (canned) Preserved in cans; Drunk; Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass produced, or lacking originality or customization
  18. (can) An informal term for the edge and components of an electric sign. Some sign companies buy ready-made cans and only manufacture the faces of electric signs. Also called sign cabinet.
  19. (CAN) Controller Area Network
  20. (CAN) Cast nylon film (see Nylon). Used mostly for thermoformable packaging applications.
  21. (Can) Principal module which is part of a shield machine as in microtunnelling or of a TBM. Two or more may be used, depending on the installation dimensions required and the presence of an articulated joint to facilitate steering.
  22. (Can) Housing for a recessed fixture.
  23. (CAN) calcium ammonium nitrate, a fertiliser.
  24. (CAN) Acronym for campus-area network. An interconnection of local-area networks within a limited geographical space, such as a school campus or a military base.
  25. (CAN) Comunidad Andina (Spanish for Andean Community)