BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Can

#''(modal auxiliary verb, defective)'' Used to indicate ability to do something To be able to
Ex:''She '''can''' speak English, French, and German.''
Ex:''I '''can''' play football.''
Ex:''Can you remember your fifth birthday?''
#''(modal auxiliary verb, defective)'' (''colloquial'') Used to indicate that something is allowed or permitted may May
Ex:''You '''can''' go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.''
Ex:'''''Can''' I use your pen?''
a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium.
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.
#(US, euphemism) toilet, bathroom.
#(US, euphemism) buttocks.
to preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar
Ex:''They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.''
to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.)
Ex:''He '''canned''' the whole project because he thought it would fail.''
To shut up
Ex:'''''Can''' your gob.''
(''euphemistic'') to fire or terminate an employee
Ex:''The boss '''canned''' him for speaking out.''
reed
dog
#dog
#cock, hammer (''of a firearm'')
#to sing
#(''poetic and literary form of cane#Italian cane'') dog
dog, hound
#soul, life
bleached, white
hundred
can
flour