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Meaning of can

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  can
      n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint
           etc. [syn: {can}, {tin}, {tin can}]
      2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: {can}, {canful}]
      3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: {can}, {can
         buoy}]
      4: 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?" [syn: {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}]
      5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
         {toilet}, {can}, {commode}, {crapper}, {pot}, {potty},
         {stool}, {throne}]
      6: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
         {toilet}, {lavatory}, {lav}, {can}, {john}, {privy},
         {bathroom}]
      v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
           [syn: {can}, {tin}, {put up}]
      2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
         position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
         terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: {displace}, {fire},
         {give notice}, {can}, {dismiss}, {give the axe}, {send away},
         {sack}, {force out}, {give the sack}, {terminate}] [ant:
         {employ}, {engage}, {hire}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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