can

Main Entry:
can [kan; unstressed kuhn]
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'
Main Entry: can
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: buttocks
Synonyms: backside, behind, butt*, derrière, fanny, fundament, gluteus maximus, hind end, posterior, rump, seat, tush
Notes: can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to'
Main Entry: can
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: preserve fruit, vegetable
Synonyms: bottle, keep, put up
Notes: can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to'
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
Notes: can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to'
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
Notes: can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to'
Antonyms: employ, hire
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
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
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
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