Can

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To preserve by putting in sealed cans.

II. Can ·noun A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.

III. Can ·vt & ·vi To be able to do; to have power or influence.

IV. Can ·- an obs. form of began, imp. & ·p.p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.].

V. Can ·vt & ·vi To Know; to Understand.

VI. Can ·vt & ·vi To be able;

— followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

VII. Can ·noun A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

← Camwood   ×   Can buoy →

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