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[kan; unstressed kuhn] 
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can
[kan; unstressed kuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | container, usually metallic |
| Synonyms: | aluminum, bottle, bucket, canister, cannikin, gunboat, gutbucket, jar, package, pop top, receptacle, tin, vessel |
| Notes: | can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to' |
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| Main Entry: | can |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buttocks |
| Synonyms: | backside, behind, butt*, derrière, fanny, fundament, gluteus maximus, hind end, posterior, rump, seat, tush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | can |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | preserve fruit, vegetable |
| Synonyms: | bottle, keep, put up |
| Main Entry: | can |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be able |
| Synonyms: | be capable of, be equal to, be up to, be within one's area, be within one's control, can do, commit, could, cut the mustard, have it made, lie in one's power, make it, make out, make the grade, manage, may, take care of |
| Antonyms: | cannot |
| Main Entry: | can |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fire from job |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot, bounce*, cashier, discharge, dismiss, expel, give the heave ho, kick out, let go, sack, terminate |
| Antonyms: | employ, hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop or slow |
| Synonyms: | block, can, check, delay, drop, end, freeze, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interrupt, knock off, obstruct, prevent, restrain, restrict, retard, scrub, shut down, stall, stay, suppress |
| Antonyms: | activate, encourage, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | ax/axe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from service |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce*, can*, cancel, cut back, discharge, dispense with, eliminate, fire, get rid of, give a pink slip, give the boot, kick out, lay off, remove, sack, terminate, throw out |
| Antonyms: | hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | behind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buttocks |
| Synonyms: | backside, bottom, breech, can*, derrière, fanny, fundament, posterior, rear, rump, seat, tail, tush |
| Antonyms: | front |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kick; oust |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce, can*, chase, chuck, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, dropkick, eighty-six, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, heave, kick out, knock, punt, sack, shove, terminate, throw out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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