Overview of noun can

The noun can has 6 senses

• can, tin, tin can -- (airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.)


• can, canful -- (the quantity contained in a can)


• can, can buoy -- (a buoy with a round bottom and conical top)


• buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass -- (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?")


• toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne -- (a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination)


• toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom -- (a room or building equipped with one or more toilets)

Overview of verb can

The verb can has 2 senses

• can, tin, put up -- (preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty")


• displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate -- (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers")