can

verb

(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?
(modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen?
(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
Animals can experience emotions.
(auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
Can you hear that?.
To know.

noun

A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
Buttocks.
Jail or prison.
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.
(in the plural) Headphones.
A drinking cup.
A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
A chimney pot.
(in the plural) an E-meter used in Scientology auditing.

verb

To seal in a can.
They canned air to sell as a novelty to tourists.
To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
To shut up.
Can your gob.
To fire or dismiss an employee.
The boss canned him for speaking out.
To hole the ball.

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