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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preserved |
| Synonyms: | bottled, conserved, kept |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capsule |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shortened form |
| Synonyms: | abridged, canned, condensed, epitomized, pocket, potted, tabloid |
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small, portable |
| Synonyms: | abridged, canned, capsule, compact, concise, condensed, diminutive, epitomized, itsy-bitsy, little, midget, miniature, minute, peewee, pint-sized, potted, tiny, wee |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | video |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | related to the televised image |
| Synonyms: | TV, broadcast, canned, music video, prerecorded, program, promotional film, recorded, taped, telegenic, television |
| Main Entry: | discharged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dismissed |
| Synonyms: | axed, canned, ejected, expelled, fired, freed, furloughed, laid-off, let go, ousted, recalled, released, replaced, sacked, sent away, sent home |
| Main Entry: | recalled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relieved of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | brought back, canned, discharged, dismissed, displaced, fired, laid off, let go, ousted, removed, replaced, retired, suspended |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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