• 1. used as an auxiliary to indicate ability, skill, or fitness to perform a task
• 2. used as an auxiliary to indicate permission or the right to something
• 3. used as an auxiliary to indicate knowledge of how to do something
• 4. used as an auxiliary to indicate the possibility, opportunity, or likelihood
• 5. Old English cunnan; related to Old Norse kunna, Old High German kunnan, Latin cogn o scere to know, Sanskrit j a n a ti he knows; see ken , uncouth

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• 1. a container, esp for liquids, usually of thin sheet metal
• 2. another name (esp US) for tin
• 3. a slang word for prison
• 4. a slang word for toilet
• 5. a slang word for destroyer
• 6. a depth charge
• 7. a shallow cylindrical metal container of varying size used for storing and handling film
• 8. See carry
• 9. to put (food, etc) into a can or cans; preserve in a can
• 10. to dismiss from a job
• 11. to stop (doing something annoying or making an annoying noise) (esp in the phrase can it! )
• 12. to reject or...

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