can

• abolish
• abort
• aluminum
• annul
• arrest
• ax
• axe
• backside
• barrel
• bastille
• bath
• bathroom
• be capable of
• be equal to
• be up to
• beam
• behind
• big house
• block
• blockade
• bog
• boot
• bootie
• booty
• bottle
• bottom
• bounce
• brake
• break
• break off
• break up
• breech
• bridewell
• brig
• bucket
• bull pen
• bum
• buns
• butt
• buttocks
• caboose
• cage
• calaboose
• call
• can do
• canister
• cannikin
• cannister
• cashier
• cease
• cell
• check
• cheeks
• clamp down
• clink
• cloakroom
• comfort station
• commit
• commode
• complete
• concentration camp
• conclude
• convenience
• cooler
• coop
• cut off
• cut out
• cut the mustard
• dam
• deactivate
• delay
• demolish
• derriere
• destroy
• detain
• discharge
• discontinue
• dismiss
• dissolve
• downsize
• drop
• drum
• duff
• dungeon
• end
• excess
• expel
• fanny
• finish
• fire
• fundament
• furlough
• garderobe
• give over
• give the heave-ho
• glasshouse
• gluteus maximus
• guardhouse
• guardroom
• gulag
• gunboat
• gutbucket
• half bath
• halt
• hams
• haunches
• have done with
• have it made
• head
• heinie
• hind end
• hinder
• hock
• hold
• hold back
• hole
• hoosegow
• hunkers
• impede
• jail
• jailhouse
• jakes
• jar
• john
• johnny
• joint
• jug
• keep
• keester
• keister
• kibosh
• kick out
• kill
• knock off
• labor camp
• ladies
• latrine
• lavatory
• lay off
• leave off
• let go
• litter box
• lockup
• loo
• make it
• make out
• make the grade
• manage
• may
• moon
• muster out
• nates
• nick
• obstruct
• oubliette
• outhouse
• package
• pail
• pan
• pause
• pen
• penitentiary
• pink-slip
• pokey
• pop top
• posterior
• pot
• potty
• powder room
• prison
• prison camp
• privy
• put the kibosh on
• put up
• quit
• quod
• rear
• rear end
• receptacle
• reform school
• reformatory
• release
• remove
• restroom
• retire
• ruin
• rump
• sack
• sandbox
• scuttle
• seat
• send packing
• separate
• shut off
• slam
• slammer
• snuff
• squash
• squelch
• stalag
• stamp
• stanch
• staunch
• stay
• stem
• stern
• stir
• stockade
• stop
• stunt
• suppress
• suspend
• tail
• tail end
• take care of
• tank
• terminate
• throne
• throw out
• tin
• tin can
• toilet
• tolbooth
• training school
• trim
• turn back
• turn off
• tush
• unseat
• vessel
• ward
• washroom
• water closet
• work camp

• actuate
• advance
• allow
• cannot
• carry on
• continue
• contract
• drive
• employ
• engage
• hire
• impel
• keep
• keep up
• outside
• proceed
• progress
• propel
• recruit
• reemploy
• rehire
• retain
• run on
• stir
• subcontract
• take on

• verb
  1. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
  2. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
  3. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
  4. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
  5. To know.
  6. To seal in a can.
  7. To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
  8. To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
  9. To shut up.
  10. To fire or dismiss an employee.
  11. To hole the ball.
• noun
  1. 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.
  2. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
  3. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
  4. A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.
  5. Buttocks.
  6. Jail or prison.
  7. (in the plural) Headphones.
  8. A drinking cup.
  9. A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark.
  10. A chimney pot.
  11. (in the plural) an E-meter used in Scientology auditing.

• She believes she can achieve her goals with hard work.
• Please bring me a can of soda from the fridge.
• He asked if we can finish the project by tomorrow.
• The dog jumped as high as it can to catch the ball.
• A rusty old can was lying in the middle of the road.

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