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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | canned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preserved |
| Synonyms: | bottled, conserved, kept |
| Main Entry: | canned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recorded or prepared in advance |
| Synonyms: | filmed, prerecorded, taped |
| 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: | 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
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evict |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot out, can*, discharge, dismiss, eighty-six, eject, fire, give one notice, give the heave ho, heave, kick out, oust, sack, terminate, throw |
| Antonyms: | allow, let in, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outdo a performance |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, button down, button up, can*, clinch, cob, complete, cover, crest, crown, do to a T, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, outshine, outstrip, pass, put the lid on, surmount, surpass, top, top it off, transcend, trump, wrap up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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