1. • noun - airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
   • noun - the quantity contained in a can
   • noun - a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
   • noun - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   • noun - a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
   • noun - a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
   • verb - preserve in a can or tin
   • verb - terminate the employment of
2. • Used to indicate physical or mental ability: I can carry both suitcases.
   • Used to indicate possession of a specified power, right, or privilege: The President can veto congressional bills.
   • Used to indicate possession of a specified capability or skill: I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.
   • Used to indicate possibility or probability: I wonder if my long lost neighbor can still be alive.
   • Used to indicate that which is permitted, as by conscience or feelings: One can hardly blame you for being upset.
   • Used to indicate probability or possibility under the specified circumstances: They can hardly have intended to do that.
   • Used to request or grant permission: Can I be excused? [Middle English, first and third person singular present tense of connen, to know how, from Old English cunnan.
   • A usually cylindrical metal container.
   • An airtight container, usually made of tin-coated iron, in which foods or beverages are preserved.
   • The contents of such a container.
   • A jail or prison.
   • A toilet or restroom.
   • The buttocks.
   • To seal in an airtight container for future use; preserve: canning peaches.
   • Slang.
   • To dismiss from employment or school.
   • To put a stop to; quit: Let’s can the chatter.
3. • v - to put in a can (a cylindrical container)
   • v - used as an auxiliary to express ability

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