Meaning of can | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To know how to.
   auxiliary, defective
2. To seal in a can.
   transitive
3. to be able to, can
4. To be able to.
   auxiliary, defective
5. To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
   transitive
6. to be familiar with something, or with someone's personality
7. May; to be permitted or enabled to.
   auxiliary, defective, informal, modal
8. To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
   transitive
9. power (the ability to coerce, influence or control)
10. To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
    auxiliary, defective, modal
11. To shut up.
    slang, transitive
12. proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another)
13. Used to form requests, typically polite.
    auxiliary, defective, informal, modal
14. To fire or dismiss an employee.
    US, euphemistic, transitive
15. authorization
16. To know.
    obsolete, transitive
17. To hole the ball.
    slang, transitive
18. To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
    India, nonstandard, proscribed
19. To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
    transitive
20. To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
    Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary, intransitive
21. To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
    Manglish, Singlish, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“She can speak English, French, and German.”

“I can play football.”

“prouyng which eny clerk can or woel or mai make bi eny maner euydence of resoun or of Scripture, and namelich of resoun into the contrarie.”

“If thou canst awake by four o' the clock, / I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly.”

“Can you remember your fifth birthday?”

“Animals can experience emotions.”

“Can you hear that?”

“I can feel the baby moving inside me.”

“Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.”

“You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.”

“Can I use your pen?”

“Can it be Friday already?”

“Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.”

“The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?”

“Teenagers can be so cruel, and nicknames cut deep.”

“Can you please come over here?”

“Can we try that scene again?”

“ca.1360-1387, William Langland, Piers Plowman I can rimes of Robin Hood.”

“ca.1360-1387, William Langland, Piers Plowman I can no Latin, quod she.”

“Let the priest in surplice white, / That defunctive music can.”

“Importance of Identifying Leaf: Identify Plants: If we can able to identify leaf, we can easily able to identify plants.”

“Children in need of care and protection can allowed to be placed in foster care based on the orders of the CWC. The selection of the foster family is based on the family's ability, intent, capacity, and prior experience of taking care[…]”

“It can possible to design the ruleset refreshes that allow them to subsequently run at precise interludes and these keep informed.”

“Can anot?”

You good? Need help?

“Can liao, don’t need to use so much glue.”

That’s enough glue already.

“We have been doing this for 50 years, we have shown you what we can do. If I say can, means can. […]”

“It’s further exacerbated by well-intentioned but misguided relatives who say, “you’re from School X, can one lah”, or worse, those who associate the very identity of being a student in an elite academy into a label analogous with expectations of high achievements.”

“When controversial KOL Sylvia Chan resurfaced in March as a life coach, the general online sentiment was, “Huh, can meh?””

“They canned air to sell as a novelty to tourists.”

“They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.”

“He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.”

“My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned. Evidence of the volte-face can be seen along the line at places such as Radley, where mast piles are already sunk or lie discarded at the lineside.”

“Can your gob.”

“Maurrant: Aw, can all that talk! You been listenin’ to them bolshevikis, that’s the trouble.”

“The boss canned him for speaking out.”

“As a result of his refusal, the employee was subsequently canned in 2015 on the basis of "professional inadequacy" and failing to embody the "party" atmosphere that the consultancy was trying to cultivate.”

“I thought I had canned it, but it just missed, and I tapped in the second one for a par.”

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