Can

Definition: Can

Can

Noun

1. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

2. The quantity contained in a can.

3. A buoy with a round bottom and conical top.

4. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

5. A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination.

6. A room equipped with toilet facilities.

Verb

1. Be able to, have the ability to.

2. Preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty".

3. Terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today".

4. Get to or be allowed to do something; "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long".

5. Expresses permission; "You may leave now"; "Can I have another piece of cake?".

Date "can" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Can \Can\, transitive verb & intransitive verb. Note: [The transitive use is obsolete.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Can vt. To abort a job on a time-sharing system. Used esp. when the person doing the deed is an operator, as in "canned from the {console". Frequently used in an imperative sense, as in "Can that print job, the LPT just popped a sprocket!" Synonymous with gun. It is said that the ASCII character with mnemonic CAN (0011000) was used as a kill-job character on some early OSes, but this is more likely to be short for `cancel'. Alternatively, this term may derive from mainstream slang `canned' for being laid off or fired. Source: Jargon File.
Electrical Engineering	The metal container of a dry cell in which the cell is assembled and which serves as its negative electrode. Source: European Union. (references)
	A metal case or housing used to protect semiconductor device elements from mechanical damage or chemical changes that would affect their electrical characteristics or performance. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. A term used in the tristate zinc and lead district for a bucket used in hoisting. A "can" ranges in capacity from 1,200 to 1,400 lb (544 to 635 kg) b. In a nuclear reactor, the container in which fuel rods are sealed to protect the fuel from corrosion and prevent gaseous diffusion productsfrom escaping into the coolant. (references)
Nuclear Energy & Physics	The external layer of material applied directly to a nuclear fuel or other material, to provide protection from a chemically reactive environment, to provide containment of radioactive products produced during the irradiation of the composite or to provide structural support. Source: European Union. (references)
	A sealed container enclosing nuclear fuel or other material to provide protection from a chemically reactive environment, to provide containment of radioactive products produced during the irradiation of the composite or to provide structural support. Source: European Union. (references)
Slang	Restroom, toilet, buttocks, to terminate employment. (references)
Tips from 1870	Usage: Could, Can, Will. Could is often incorrectly employed where can or will would be more appropriate. "Could you lend me a dollar this morning?" If the thought of the inquirer is, "Are you willing to lend," etc., he should have used will instead of could; but if his thought was, "Are you able to lend," or "Do you have a dollar to spare this morning," he should have used can. Source: Slips of Speech.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CAN	English	Ceric ammonium nitrate	Chemistry
CAN	French	Cérinitrate d'ammonium	Chemistry
CAN	German	Kanada	Geography, Law
CAN	Spanish	Anulación	Computing, Meteorology & Standards
CAN POP	English	Committee against Nuclear Power Plants in New York	N/A
CA	English	Can,rectangular	Meteorology & Standards, International Organizations
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Can

Synonyms: arse (n), ass (n), backside (n), bathroom (n), behind (n), bottom (n), bum (n), buns (n), butt (n), buttocks (n), can buoy (n), canful (n), commode (n), crapper (n), derriere (n), fanny (n), fundament (n), hind end (n), hindquarters (n), john (n), keister (n), lav (n), lavatory (n), nates (n), posterior (n), pot (n), potty (n), prat (n), privy (n), rear (n), rear end (n), rump (n), seat (n), stern (n), stool (n), tail (n), tail end (n), throne (n), tin (n), tin can (n), toilet (n), tooshie (n), tush (n), dismiss (v), fire (v), force out (v), get (v), give notice (v), give the axe (v), may (v), might (v), put up (v), sack (v), send away (v), terminate (v). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: knock-off (labor).

Antonyms: hire (v), must not (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Power	Belong to, pertain to; lie in one's power, be in one's power; can, be able.
Preservation	Embalm, cure, salt, pickle, season, kyanize, bottle, pot, tin, can; sterilize, pasteurize, radiate; dry, lyophilize, freeze-dry, concentrate, evaporate; freeze, quick-freeze, deep-freeze; husband; (store).
Receptacle	Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Can

English words defined with "can": beer can ♦ coffee can ♦ milk can ♦ soda can. (references)

Specialty definitions using "can": burst can ♦ Can but, CAN FILLER, can hoisting system, CAN INSPECTOR, can intake worker, CAN PATCHER, CAN RECONDITIONER, can technician, can tester, Catch as Catch can ♦ INSPECTOR, METAL CAN ♦ SUPERVISOR, CARTON AND CAN SUPPLY ♦ the X that can be Y is not the true X. (references)

Etymologies containing "can": Videlicet. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Can" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Irish (sing), Latin (celebrate, chant, crow, foretell, play, recite, sing, sound), Lombard (dog), Occitan (dog), Provencal (dog), Scottish (say, sing, speak, tell, titter), Spanish (dog), Turkish (beloved, darling, esprit, heart, life, lifeblood, precious, soul, spirit, vitality), Vietnamese (walking-stick), Welsh (flour, white).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can be found (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) That I can dodge bullets (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.) You who regrets nothing, you who feels nothing, if that's all I have left to learn, I can do that on my ownand as much as your invitation may appeal to me, I regretfully decline (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) I can help you. (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)
Lyrics	I can make you my world (I Can Love You Like That; performing artist: All-4-One) When can I see you again (When Can I See You; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface) Who can it be knocking at my door (Who Can It Be Now?; performing artist: Men At Work) How can we be lovers if we can't be friends (HOW CAN WE BE LOVERS; performing artist: Michael Bolton) Can I get your number baby (Can I Get Your Number(A Girl Like You); performing artist: No Authority)
Clever	You can observe a lot just by watching. (references; author: Yogi Berra) I can live for a month on a day's compliments. (references; author: Mark Twain) A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don't need it. (references; author: Bob Hope) If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. (references; author: Woody Allen) Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. (references; author: Vermont Proverb)
Tongue Twisters	Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie? (references; author: unknown) Catch a can canner canning a can as he does the cancan, amd you've caught a can-anning can-canning can canner! (references; author: unknown) How much caramel can a canny cannibal cram into a camel, if a canny cannibal can cram caramel into a camel? (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Can Ellen Be Saved? (1974) Dana Can Deal (1974) You Can Prevent Burns (1974) Just What Can You Do? (1972) Anything You Can Do (1971)
Song Titles	Only Love Can Break A Heart (performing artist: Gene Pitney) If You Can Do Anything Else (performing artist: George Strait) The Best Man I Can Be (performing artist: Ginuwine) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE (performing artist: Gloria Gaynor ) A Country Boy Can Survive (performing artist: Hank Williams Jr.)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	American National Can Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Caniel Israel Can Company Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Kian Joo Can Factory Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Hokkai Can Co Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) U.S. Can Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Avoiding the Medicaid Trap: How Every American Can Beat the Catastrophic Costs of Nursing Home Care (reference) A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You : Stories (reference) Children's Furniture You Can Make: Complete Plans and Instructions for Bunks and Bureaus, Chests and Chairs, Cradles and Computer Tables (reference) You Can Write a Business Letter (You Can Write) (reference) Home Businesses You Can Buy: The Definitive Guide to Exploring Franchises, Multi-Level Marketing, and Business Opportunities Plus: How to Avoid Scams (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Basa : Publicacion Del Colegio Oficial De Arquitectos De Can (reference) High-valued Dwelling Cost Guide - Can Ed (reference) Metal Can Shipments Report (reference) News You Can Use (reference) Youth Can (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Bob the Builder - Can We Fix It? (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Can I (Single) [CD-SINGLE] (reference) Catch Me If You Can [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) You Can Feel Me (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	MIMIO CLASSROOM - TEACHERS CAN (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Black & Decker EC950B Spacemaker Slimline Can Opener with Digital Clock Timer (reference) Krups 404-70 Open Master Can Opener (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Animal studies are necessary to confirm in vitro results before trials in human beings can be considered. One new approach is to enclose human cancer cells in microscopic capsules and grow them in laboratory-bred mice, which are then treated with a test drug. Credit: Mike Mitchell (photographer).		Various members of a family can be seen in a garden setting picking beans. In the background a farm house and the mountains can be seen. It is a summer day. These people are members of a large Mormon family who are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).
	M. tuberculosis bacteria can attack any part of the body, but usually the lungs causing Tuberculosis. It is spread when infected individuals cough or sneeze, releasing microdroplets into the air that contain the bacteria, which others then inhale. Credit: CDC.		E. coli O157:H7 is one of hundreds of strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli, which can cause severe bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps, and in some cases even death. Credit: CDC.
	"Traveling Wave 1" (movie) by Сергей Бирюков (Sergei Biryukov). In this movie, and in "Traveling Wave 2", you can use DPGraph's scrollbar to vary the parameters A, B, C, and D, to alter the movie while it is running.		Imagine turning your home computer into the equivalent of a professional telescope which can ... Credit: NASA.
	The appearance of a galaxy can depend strongly on the color of the light with which it is ... Credit: NASA.		Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being refurbished during the STS 61 flight.Astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman are seen during the last of the five EVAs. Australia's west coast can be seen in the background. Credit: NASA.
	On the border between Chile and the Catamarca province of Argentina lies a vast field of currently dormant volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes have laid down a crust of magma roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) thick. It is tinged with a patina of various colors that can indicate both the age and mineral content of the original lava flows. Credit: NASA.		Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa. Complex patterns can be seen in the shallow waters along its coastline, where silt carried by the Geba and other rivers washes out into the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: NASA.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Pouring carbonated soda from a can into a glass.		Inserting change into a soda machine; soda can dropping to the receiving tray.
	Banging a metal lid onto a metal trash can.		Air hissing; losing air pressure; the sound of an aerosol can letting out its contents.
	Opening a pressured can of soda.		Soda can cracking open.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Author Unknown	Why worry when you can pray.
	Live poor so you can die rich.
Bronson Alcott	Many can argue; not many converse.
Henry Kissinger	Even a paranoid can have enemies.
Joe Louis	He can run. But he can't hide.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	Only law can give us freedom.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	They conquer who believe they can.
Samuel Johnson	To a poet nothing can be useless.
Thomas Carlyle	The king is the man who can.
William Shakespeare	Nothing can come of nothing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	No constable or other bailiff of ours shall take corn or other provisions from anyone without immediately tendering money therefor, unless he can have postponement thereof by permission of the seller. (reference)
John Locke	1690	No body can deny but the nourishment is his. (Second Treatise of Government)
Marbury v. Madison	1803	And if they can open it at all, what part of it are they forbidden to read or to oey? (reference)
Communist Manifesto	1848	It has been the first to show what man's activity can bring about. (reference)
Abraham Lincoln	1863	The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. (The Gettysburg Address)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	They can be removed by the Council of the League of Nations, which will provide for their replacement. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	In such a matter we can only go step by step, but we must begin now. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
United Nations	1948	Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. (reference)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	Only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws. (reference)
John F. Kennedy	1961	Divided, there is little we can do--for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
The Little Prince	Antoine de Saint-Exupery	It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.
Emma	Austen, Jane	Better accommodations, he can promise them, and not a less grateful welcome than at Randalls
Tangled Tale	Carroll, Lewis	You can be civil to them, while I get the tickets
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Nor can I tell you what I would
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	Douglas Adams	In Islington you can hardly hurl a brick without hitting three antique shops, an estate agent and a bookshop
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	What art can do, I have exhausted on him.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Lucky are they who can get near them
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He loved you as only a God can love
Brighton Beach Memoirs	Neil Simon	You had a hole in your pocket. You can tear a hole in your pocket
Something Wicked This Way Comes	Ray Bradbury	That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of the other
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		You can do it alone. (references)
		IPF can lead to death. (references)
		Dysphagia can be serious. (references)
Business		The metal content can be recycled. (references)
		Customers can log on to globogift. (references)
		For some, however, it can be problematic. (references)
Children	Colombia	These costs can be prohibitive, especially for the rural poor. (references)
	Costa Rica	An adult who pays for sex with a minor can be sentenced to 2 to 10 years in prison. (references)
	Angola	Sexual relations with a child between the ages of 12 and 17 can be considered sexual abuse. (references)
Civil Liberties	Tanzania	Citizens can return to the country without difficulty. (references)
	Belgium	Stateless persons and refugees can apply after 2 years. (references)
	Gabon	Libel can be either a criminal offense or a civil matter. (references)
Discrimination	Syria	Party or government connections can pave the way for entrance into better elementary and secondary schools, access to lucrative employment, and greater power within the Government, the military, and the security services. (references)
Economic History	Burkina Faso	March-June can be very hot. (references)
	India	Financial arrangements can vary. (references)
Human Rights	Kenya	Very few can afford attorneys. (references)
	Maldives	An individual can then be held for 7 days. (references)
	Spain	At times pretrial detention can be lengthy. (references)
Indigenous People	Malaysia	NGO's help to create maps that can then be used in court to protect NCR land from logging, development, and palm oil cultivation. (references)
	Peru	Indigenous groups assert that such encroachment often can damage the environment and negatively affect the health of the native people. (references)
	Taiwan	Some Aborigine leaders have come to believe that only some form of autonomy can preserve their land rights, which constantly are threatened by Chinese developers who use connections and corruption to gain title to aboriginal land. (references)
Minorities	Dominican Republic	The adopting parents can simply register a child of any age as their own. (references)
	United Kingdom	Noncompliance can bring criminal penalties and the loss of government contracts. (references)
	India	Complicated social and ethnic divisions in society can create severe localized discrimination. (references)
Political Economy	THAILAND	Patent examinations can take more than five years. (references)
	BOLIVIA	Most mining taxes can be credited against U.S. taxes. (references)
	BELGIUM	Collective bargaining agreements can supplement these laws. (references)
Political Rights	Mexico	In others, they can vote but not hold office. (references)
	Mali	He exercises the power of pardon and can grant amnesty. (references)
	Dominican Republic	Voting is restricted to those who can document nationality. (references)
Trade	Costa Rica	These terms can be renewed. (references)
	New Zealand	New banks can issue checks. (references)
	Ukraine	A promissory note can also be applied. (references)
Travel	Mexico	Mail service can be unreliable. (references)
	Cape Verde	Cape Verde can be direct-dialed. (references)
	Uae	Apartments can be less expensive. (references)
Women	China	Violence against women can be prosecuted under the law. (references)
	Australia	Punishment for these crimes can include up to 7 years in prison. (references)
	Kazakhstan	The punishment for rape can range from 3 to 15 years imprisonment. (references)
Worker Rights	Cambodia	By law the minimum wage can vary regionally. (references)
	Belarus	Victims can be prosecuted for violations of other laws. (references)
	Macau	Failure to correct infractions can lead to prosecution. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences. It consists in "reading character" in the wrinkles made by closing the hand. The pretence is not altogether false; character can really be read very accurately in this way, for the wrinkles in every hand submitted plainly spell the word "dupe." The imposture consists in not reading it aloud.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Chuck Hagel	Well, all I can tell you is that they are part of an administration, and either they're on the team or they're not on the team.
Dennis Miller	Believe me, I can put together quite a legal team where I am going.
Jack Lemmon	I am on the last great journey here, one we all got to take. Maybe I can teach people what to pack for the trip.
John McCain	My company officer would have predicted that I would be on probation rather than in the United States Senate, I can assure you.
Julia Child	Good. And I think, too, it's wonderful they know exactly how to crack that crab so that you can eat it easily, don't they.
Martha Stewart	Yeah, you can go to MarthaStewart.com. Go to Martha's Flowers, and order to your heart's delight. They are really pretty.
Rush Limbaugh	In political speech, you can assert anything.
Walter Cronkite	War is hell. And arresting people, particularly if you have made a mistake and they are innocent civilians, can be pretty tough.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	On none can delay be more injurious or an economy of time more valuable.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself.
Abraham Lincoln	1861-1865	Physically speaking, we can not separate.
Herbert C. Hoover	1929-1933	Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Communism maintains that social wrongs can be corrected only by violence.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	Questions of economic and trade policy can always be negotiated.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	It's time for America to be all that we can be.
George Bush	1989-1993	Much good can come from the prudent use of power.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	More than all the changes we can make from the outside in.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Sending Americans into battle is the most profound decision a President can make.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Can" is generally used as a modal auxiliary verb -- approximately 99.25% of the time. "Can" is used about 235,915 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Modal Auxiliary Verb	99.25%	234,138	48
Noun (singular)	0.43%	1,018	7,276
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.31%	733	9,227
Total	100.00%	235,915	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "can" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Can	Last name	100	74,393
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "can": a can of worms ♦ aerosol can ♦ all i can possibly do ♦ all you can eat ♦ appertized can ♦ as best i can ♦ as can be ♦ as can be noted ♦ as far as i can judge ♦ as far as i can remember ♦ as far as i can see ♦ as fast as one can ♦ as much as he can afford ♦ as near as i can judge ♦ as nearly as i can tell ♦ as soon as i can ♦ as well as can be expected ♦ ash can ♦ be in can ♦ beer can ♦ before one can say jack robinson ♦ billy can ♦ bite off more than one can chew ♦ burst can ♦ can afford ♦ can be cured ♦ can be seen ♦ can be taken to pieces ♦ can buoy ♦ can count ♦ can do! ♦ can go over ♦ Can hook ♦ can i buy ..? ♦ can i have ..? ♦ can i have an apple? ♦ can i help you? ♦ can i make an appointment? ♦ can i open the window? ♦ can i see a doctor? ♦ can i take your order? ♦ can i try it on? ♦ can it! ♦ can not ♦ Can not choose but ♦ can not sleep ♦ can of paint ♦ can of worms ♦ can opener ♦ can the leopard change it's spots ♦ can you ..? ♦ can you accept ..? ♦ can you bring ..? ♦ can you do that? ♦ can you give me some small change? ♦ can you give me your light? ♦ can you help me? ♦ can you please ..? ♦ can you reach? ♦ can you tell me ..? ♦ can you tell me? ♦ can you try later? ♦ can you understand? ♦ can you wait an instant? ♦ can you wait? ♦ can you walk any faster? ♦ can you? ♦ carry the can ♦ carry the can for ♦ catch as catch can ♦ coffee can ♦ Cup and can ♦ do all one possibly can ♦ do as well as one can ♦ do the best one can ♦ do the most you can ♦ film can ♦ garbage can ♦ gas can ♦ he can do as he likes ♦ he can hardly write ♦ how can i ever repay you? ♦ how can i get to ..? ♦ i can ♦ i can ill afford to ♦ i can manage by myself ♦ i can protect myself from my enemies ♦ if i can help ♦ if you can take it from me! ♦ Interjection: what on earth! what in the world! What the devil! Holy cow! Can you top that? ♦ jerry can ♦ let me know if i can be of service ♦ let me know if i can help ♦ milk can ♦ more than flesh and blood can bear ♦ never put off till tomorrow what you can do today ♦ no can do! ♦ no one can stand between us ♦ no one can trust a liar ♦ nobody can touch him in irony ♦ nor all your piety and wit can bring it back to cancel half a line. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "can": can-am, can-base, Can-be, can-book, can-but-wo, can-can, Can-chanh, can-do, can-dock, can-food, can-get-away-with-murder, can-maker, can-making, can-not, can-opener, can-openers, can-run, can-toad, can-track, can-tracks.
	Ending with "can": can-can, catch-as-catch-can, garbage-can, in-can, jerry-can, oil-can, save-a-can, spray-can, tin-can.
	Containing "can": all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-remember, catch-as-catch-can wrestling, denice-work-if-you-can-get-it, i-can-do-anything-i-want-any-time-i-want-and-make-you-like-it, kettle-out-of-tin-can-makers, they-can-run-but-they-can't-hide, whatever-negative-description-you-can-come-up-with.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "can"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		kan (be able, be able to, could, may), blik (tin, tin can). (various references)

Albanian		mund (be able, conquer, floor, it's possible, may, overcome, plough under, vanquish, whack, whip, worst). (various references)

Arabic		‏مكن (become strong, cement, enable), ‏مدمرة, ‏قدر (afford, amount, appraise, appreciate, assess, assume, be able to, be capable of, believe, consider, cost, count, deal, degree, esteem, estimate, evaluate, guess, lot, magnitude, manage to, measure, number, predestination, predestine, predetermine, presume, prize, proportion, quantity, rate, size, suppose, think, treasure, value, volume), ‏وعاء (cistern, container, jerrycan, receptacle, utensil, vessel), ‏وضع في علبة, ‏تمكن (ability, competence, mastery), ‏سجن (be imprisoned, clap, clink, confine, cooler, detain, detention, gaol, hatch, hock, immure, imprison, imprisonment, incarcerate, incarceration, intern, internment, jail, jug, lock up, lockup, log cabin, mure, nick, penitentiary, pokey, prison, quod, send up, stir, throw), ‏علبة (box, pigeonhole), ‏علب (preserve, put up, tin), ‏صفيحة (gill, hob, plate, platelet, scoop, tablet), ‏إستطاع, ‏أوقف (arrest, arrested, break, cease, challenge, check, choke, cut, cut out, discontinue, estop, garage, halt, hinder, intercept, kill, nick, nobble, obstruct, pull in, shut off, stand, stay, stem, stop, turn off). (various references)

Basque		ahal izan (be able to, be allowed to, can I, may I). (various references)

Breton		c'hallomp (we can). (various references)

Bulgarian		зная (know, known, savvy, wist, wit, wot, wottest), имам позволение, имам право, подводна бомба (depth bomb, depth charge), бидон (drum, jerrican, oil can), една унция марихуана, задник (arse, backside, breech, bum, buttocks, cheeks, posterior, rear, seat, stern, tail), изключвам от училище, затвор (bastille, bondage, calaboose, choky, clink, confinement, duress, gaol, hold, jail, jug, kitty, limbo, lock, lockup, mew, pen, penitentiary, pokey, pound, prison, prison house, quod, shop, shut off, shutter, shuttle, stockade, stopper), стъклен буркан, мога (know, may), в състояние съм (afford, be able), кана (canna, cannach, ewer, jug, pitcher, pot), консервирам (conserve, cure, pack, pot, preserve, process, put down, put up, salt down, tin), консервна кутия, тоалетна (ablutions, bathroom, cloakroom, lavatory, loo, retiring room, toilet), задържам (apprehend, arrest, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, immobilize, inhibit, keep, keep away, keep back, keep down, occlude, press back, reserve, restrain, retain, trig). (various references)

Catalan		obrellaunes (can opener, tin-opener). (various references)

Chinese		能夠 (be capable of, is able), 能 (able, capable, energy, may), 罐頭 (tin), 罐头, 罐 (jar, pot), 會 (accounting, association, be able to, be possible, group, to assemble, to balance an account, to gather, to meet, to see, union), 可以 (able to, may, possible), 可 (able to, certain, may, to suit). (various references)

Croatian		mogu, možete (you can), može. (various references)

Czech		moci (be able to, may). (various references)

Danish		mælkeopsamler (milk churn), kunne (be able, be able to, may), konservesdaase (tin), kapsling (canning, clad, cladding, enclosure, jacket, sheath), kan, indkapsling (assembly, canning, case, clad, cladding, encapsulation, enclosure, enclosures, information hiding, in-ground encapsulation, jacket, packaging, sealing, sheath), beholder til mælkeopsamling (milk churn). (various references)

Dutch		inblikken (can filling, canning, tinning), bus (autobus, bus, drum, hub, letterbox, mailbox, motorbus, nave, omnibus, tin, tin can), blikje (tin, tin can). (various references)

Esperanto		povas, ladskatolo (tin, tin can), enladigi. (various references)

Estonian		võin, saan (get), saab. (various references)

Farsi		قوطی کنسرو, قوطی (Box, Canister, Package), قدرت داشتن , زندان کردن (Lockup, Prison), اخراج کردن (Oust, Out, Swap), ظرف (Adverb, Container, Dish, Receptacle, Repository, Vase, Vessel), درقوطی ریختن . (various references)

Finnish		tölkki (jar, pot, tin). (various references)

Flemish		mogen, kunt, kan (may). (various references)

French		pouvons, pouvoir, peuvent, peut, bidon (canteen). (various references)

French Canadian		peux. (various references)

Frisian		blykje (tin, tin can). (various references)

Galician		podo (I can), pode (can you). (various references)

German		können (ability, be able, be able to, be allowed, be capable, be permitted, know, known, mastery, may, proficiency, prowess, savvy, skill, to be able), kann (could, may, might, nicht cannot), Kanne (churn, horn, jug, mug, pitcher, pot, potful, tankard, tin), einmachen (bottle, bottling, Canning, conserve, pot, preservation, preserve, tin), Dose (bowl, box, canister, compact, dish, jar, socket, tin), blechdose (tin, tin can), blechbüchse (tin), Büchse (box, caddy, collecting box, gun, rifle, tin). (various references)

Greek		κονσέρβα (tin), μπορώ (be able to, may, may 2). (various references)

Haitian Creole		ka (vCan). (various references)

Hebrew		יכול (able, be able), ליכול (be able, be capable of), להיות מותר (may), להיות מסוגל, להיות בעל יכולת, קנקן (ewer, flagon, flask, jar, phial, tankard), פחית (depreciable, shim, tin, tin can). (various references)

Hungarian		konzervdoboz (tin, tin can, tin canister), konzerv (bottled foods, conserve, tin, tinned food), kanna (canna, kettle, pot). (various references)

Icelandic		getur, getum, get. (various references)

Indonesian		kaleng (container, tin), dapat (be able, be obtained, may, obtain), bisa (be able, poison, should). (various references)

Irish		féad. (various references)

Italian		potere (be able, be able to, be allowed, be likely, be per, have an effect, know, may, power), bidone (bin, churn, drum, dud, tank, tin), barattolo (caddy, gallipot, jar, tin). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		宜しい (all right, fine, good, may, OK, very well, will do). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かん (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), ことができる (to be able to), よろしい (all right, fine, good, may, OK, very well, will do). (various references)

Korean		깡통. (various references)

Luxembourgish		kann, kënnt (arrive), kënne. (various references)

Manx		stainney (tin, tin-plate), stainnaghey (canning, tin, tinning, tin-plate), jarg, foddee (may, maybe, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly, probably), fod (may; at length), curneen, curn. (various references)

Maori		tini. (various references)

Norwegian		blikk (glance, glare, look, tin, tin can). (various references)

Occitan		poder (be able, be allowed, can I, may I). (various references)

Papiamen		bleki (tin, tin can). (various references)

Pidgin English		sabi (to perform), fit. (various references)

Pig Latin		ancay.(various references)

Portuguese		lata (canister, espalier, sheet metal, tin, tin can, tin-plate). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		possam, podem (may, they can), pode (it can, may, one can, you can). (various references)

Romanian		cutie de conserve (tin, tins), conserva (conserve, dry-salt, pack, pot, preserve), canistrã (canister, canteen, drum, petrol can), canã (cup, jar, jug, mug, pannikin, pot, tankard), vrea (care for, choose, expect, like, make, mean, please, will, wish), trebui (have, have got, must, need, ought), toaletã (closet, dress, dressing, John, lavatory, outhouse, plumbing, powder room, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, w.c., washing, washstand), se putea (may), putea (be able, be able to, may), fi posibil (may), fi cu putinţa, fi capabil, fi în stare (be up to smth.), bidon (canteen, drum, flask), avea voie (may). (various references)

Russian		жестяная коробка, помойное ведро (slop pail, slop-pail), бидон (water can, water-can, watering can, watering pot), банка (bank, cup, cupping glas, cupping glass, cupping-glass, jar, knoll, sandbank, tin can), банка консервов, быть в состоянии (be able, be in a position, feel up to), иметь право (be entitled, enjoy the right), жбан, уметь (know, know how), можно (it is possible, one can, one may), можно ли;могу.. .>мочь, мочь (be able, be able to, be encouraged, be in position to, could, may, might as well), консервировать (cure, pack, preserve), кружка (mug, poorbox, stein, tankard), разливать в бидоны, быть вправе (have a right). (various references)

Scottish		canna (a can), buana (an idle person who lives on the best his heighbours can afford). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		umeti (know), toalet (rest room, restroom, toilet, wash-room), moći (be able, may), konzervirati (conserve, cure, preserve, tin), konzerva (conserve, tin), kanta (bucket, pail). (various references)

Somali		ma (are we, can I, could, could you, do, do you, have, I don't, is it, may, may I, may you, no, not, we don't, will we, would), kartaa (could, could you), karaa (could I). (various references)

Spanish		lata (bind, canister, drag, fag, nuisance, pest, pill, tin, tin can), puede (can you, it may, may, you can), poder (ability, ascendancy, authority, be able, be able to, capability, capacity, dominion, ennoblement, know how, may, might, mightiness, power, power of attorney, puissance, sway, to be able, warrant), bote (boat, bounce, bound, canister, dinghy, jackpot, kitty, launch, pot, thrust, tin). (various references)

Swahili		kifungua kopo (can opener, tin-opener). (various references)

Swedish		kunna (be able, be able to, could, have, know, may, might, will, would), konservburk (preserve-tin, tin), kanna (jug, lid, pot, pottle, tankard), kan (Khan, know, may, mayst, might). (various references)

Tagalog		puwede (may), may (anyone, has, have, have got, with), maaari. (various references)

Thai		บรรจุกระป๋อง (tin), สามารถ (be able to), กระป๋อง (tin), ปริมาณหนึ่งกระป๋อง. (various references)

Turkish		konservelemek (pot, tin), edebilmek, hapishane (bull pen, cage, choky, clink, cooler, coop, gaol, institution, jail, Nick, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, quod, roundhouse, shop, stir, stockade, tank, ward), hela, kıç (arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, Fanny, fundament, ham, haunches, hindquarters, hip, nates, poop, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, slats, stern, tail, tail end, vent), kaba et (bum, buttock, posterior), kasede kaydetmek, kayıt yapmak, -ebilmek (be able to, may, might), konserve kutusu (tin, tin can), yapabilmek, konservesini yapmak (conserve, put up), kovmak (ax, axe, banish, boot, bounce, cashier, cast out, chuck out, dislodge, dismiss, drive away, drive out, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, exclude, exile, expel, fend off, fire, get rid of, give smb. the bag, give smb. the chuck, give smb. the gate, give smb. the push, give the sack, kick out, make a clean sweep of, order away, order out, out, pack off, repulse, sack, send away, shoo, shoo away, show out, show smb. the door, show the door, turf out, turn away, turn out), kutu (bin, box, canned, carton, cartridge, case, cassette, chest, coffer, repository), olabilmek, popo (backside, behind, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, posterior, rear, rear end), teneke kutu (canister, tin box, tin can), teneke kutudaki içecek, uzaklaştırmak (cast out, deport, estrange, remove, rout out, rout up, send away, suspend, uproot), kodes (bull pen, cage, choky, clink, cooler, gaol, hole, jail, jug, pen, prison, quod, stir). (various references)

Turkmen		tьссьn. (various references)

Ukrainian		каністра (canister, jerry can), припинити (pack up), бляшанка (cannikin, tin), бляшаня банка, банка консервів, бідон (pan), жбан, посадити у в'язницю (lock up), в'язниця (bandhouse, cage, calaboose, choky, clink, dump, gaol, jail, limbo, penitentiary, pound, prison, quod, slammer, ward), ящик для сміття (dust-bin), консервувати (conserve, cure, pack, preserve, tin), коробка для кіноплівки, кухоль (jug, mug, pot), телефонні навушники, холодна (calaboose), розлівати в бідони, урна (urn), звільнити (exorcise, exorcize, give the bird, set at large). (various references)

Vietnamese		gánh trách nhiệm (could), bi đông (could, water-bottle), bình (container, could, flagon, pot, vase, vessel). (various references)

Welsh		piser (jug, pitcher). (various references)

Wolof		mën. (various references)

Xhosa		uyakwazi (Are you able, Can you), ndingaze (I can), ndikwazi (I can, I know). (various references)

Yucatec		laataa (tin, tin can). (various references)

Zulu		ithini (tin, tin can), ilithini (tin, tin can). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	canna, posse, possem, possemus, possent, posset, possim, possimus, possint, possis, possit, possitis, possum, possumus, possunt, poteram, poteramus, poterant, poteras, poterat, poteratis, poterimus, poterint, poteris, poterit, poteritis, potero, poterunt, potes, potest, potestis, potuerant, potuerat, potuerint, potueris, potuerit, potueritis, potuero, potuerunt, potui, potuimus, potuissent, potuisset, potuisti, potuistis, potuit. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	xshi. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	canna. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	cunnan, magan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 18, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Eipon de oi akousanteV kai tiV dunatai swqhnai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et dixerunt qui audiebant et quis potest salvus fieri
Old English	990	West Saxon	þa cwædon þa ðe þis gehyrdon: and hwa mæg hal beon;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And thei that herden these thingis seiden, Who may be maad saaf?
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Then sayde they that hearde that: And who shall then be saved?
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And they that heard it, said, Who then can be saved?
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Luke Chapter 18, Verse 26
Cebuano	Ug sila nga nakadungog niini nangutana, "Nan, kinsa man diay ang arang maluwas?"
Chinese	聽見的人說、這樣、誰能得救呢。
Croatian	Koji su to èuli, rekoše: "Pa tko se onda može spasiti?"
Danish	Men de, som hørte det, sagde: "Hvem kan da blive frelst?"
Dutch	En die dit hoorden, zeiden: Wie kan dan zalig worden?
Finnish	Niin ne, jotka sen kuulivat, sanoivat: "Kuka sitten voi pelastua?"
French	Ceux qui l`écoutaient dirent: Et qui peut être sauvé?
German	Da sprachen, die das hörten: Wer kann denn selig werden?
Haitian Creole	Moun ki t'ap koute l' yo di l': Nan kondisyon sa a, ki moun ki ka sove?
Hungarian	A kik pedig ezt hallották, mondának: Ki idvezülhet tehát?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Orang-orang yang mendengar Yesus mengatakan demikian bertanya, "Kalau begitu, siapa yang bisa selamat?"
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka orang yang mendengar itu pun berkatalah, "Kalau begitu, siapakah akan beroleh selamat?"
Italian	Quelli che ascoltavano dissero: «Allora chi potrà essere salvato?».
Latvian	Tad tie, kas dzirdçja, sacîja: Un kas tad var kïût pestîts?
Maori	Na ka mea nga kaiwhakarongo, Ko wai ra e ora?
Norwegian	Da sa de som hørte det: Hvem kan da bli frelst?
Portuguese	Então os que ouviram isso disseram: Quem pode, então, ser salvo?
Rumanian	Cei ce -L ascultau, au zis: ,,Atunci cine poate fi mkntuit?``
Russian	уМЩЫБЧЫЙЕ УЙЕ УЛБЪБМЙ: ЛФП ЦЕ НПЦЕФ УРБУФЙУШ?
Shuar	Tura nuna antukarmia nu tiarmiayi "¿Nuinkia yaki uwempramniait?"
Spanish	Los que oyeron esto dijeron: --¿Y quién podrá ser salvo?
Swahili	Wale watu waliposikia hayo, wakasema, "Nani basi, atakayeokolewa?"
Swedish	Då sade de som hörde detta: "Vem kan då bliva frälst?"
Ukrainian	Ті ж, що чули, спитали: Хто ж тоді може спастися?
Uma	Konce-ramo tauna to mpo'epe lolita Yesus tohe'e, ra'uli': "Ane wae-di, hema lau-damo to ma'ala mporata katuwua' to lompe' duu' kahae-hae-nae?"
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "can": canaille, canailles, canakin, canakins, canal, canaled, canalicular, canaliculi, canaliculus, canaling, canalise, canalised, canalises, canalising, canalization, canalizations, canalize, canalized, canalizes, canalizing, canalled, canaller, canallers, canalling, canals, canape, canapes, canard, canards, canaries, canary, canasta, canastas, cancan, cancans, cancel, cancelable, cancelation, cancelations, canceled, canceler, cancelers, canceling, cancellable, cancellation, cancellations, cancelled, canceller, cancellers, cancelling, cancellous. (additional references)
	Words ending with "can": ashcan, barbican, basilican, billycan, cancan, cooncan, gallican, glucan, glycan, glycosaminoglycan, indican, jerrican, jerrycan, malacostracan, molluscan, oilcan, pecan, pelican, pemican, pemmican, peptidoglycan, proteoglycan, publican, republican, scan, siccan, toucan. (additional references)
	Words containing "can": acanthi, acanthocephalan, acanthocephalans, acanthus, acanthuses, anticancer, antidesiccant, antidesiccants, applicant, applicants, arcana, arcane, arcanum, arcanums, ashcans, barbicans, billycans, buccaneer, buccaneered, buccaneering, buccaneerish, buccaneers, calcanea, calcaneal, calcanei, calcaneum, calcaneus, carcanet, carcanets, chicane, chicaned, chicaner, chicaneries, chicaners, chicanery, chicanes, chicaning, chicano, chicanos, coelacanth, coelacanths, colcannon, colcannons, communicant, communicants, concanavalin, concanavalins, cooncans, coruscant, cosecant, cosecants. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Can" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acan, Acg, acj, acq, acz, billy, caa, caan, cac, caen, cah, cain, caj, c'an, canb, cand, Canh, cani, cann, cano, canp, Canu, cany, Capn, caq, carn, cau, cawn, cax, ccan, Ccny, cean, Ceann, ceh, cen, cena, cend, ceni, ceno, Cepn, cesn, cga, cgn, chan, chawn, chn, cian, cien, Cij, cin, cind, cini, cink, cinn, cirn, cka, Cmaj, cn, cna, cnac, cnan, cnw, coan, conq, conv, cpan, cqa, Crahn, ctan, cuan, culn, cuni, cunn, cuno, cuny, cutn, cva, cvn, cwn, cyn, cynn, fcan, ican, kna, Ncna, Qan, Uca, vca. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "can" (pronounced ka"n or kun)
3	k a" n	scan.
2	-a" n	fan, an, ban, began, bran, catamaran, clan, cyan, divan, flan, Gan, gran, harmattan, Harpin, Japan, liane, man, minivan, Moulin, nan, overran, pan, plan, ran, rattan, Saran, sedan, span, tan, than, Van.
3	k u n	falcon, awaken, bacon, beacon, beckon, blacken, bracken, broken, chicken, darken, deacon, drunken, forsaken, gascon, harken, heartbroken, housebroken, interleukin, lichen, liken, Macon, misspoken, mistaken, outspoken, overtaken, Pekin, pelican, Pipkin, pumpkin, quicken, reawaken, reckon, republican, retaken, second, shaken, shrunken, sicken, silicon, slacken, spoken, stricken, sunken, taken, thicken, token, unbroken, undertaken, unshaken, unspoken, waken, weaken, woken, zircon.
2	-u n	facilitation, faction, fallen, falsification, famine, fascination, fashion, fasten, fatten, federation, felon, feminine, fermentation, ferryman, fertilization, fibrillation, fibrin, fiction, figuration, filtration, fireman, firemen, Firman, fission, abrasion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstention, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abandon, abbreviation, abdication, abdomen, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accordion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acetaminophen, acidification, acquisition, actin, action, activation, acumen, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, adman, admen, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adrenaline, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, aflatoxin, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, agrarian, airman, Alan, albumin, alderman, alien, alienation, allegation, allergen, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, allusion, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amphibian, amplification, amputation, angiotensin, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, antigen, antihistamine, antitoxin, anyone, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, apron, arbitration, arcadian, argumentation, arisen, arson, articulation, artisan, ascension, ashen, Ashman, aspen, aspersion, aspiration, aspirin, assassin, assassination, assemblywoman, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-n"
	-1 letter: an, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-n"
	+1 letter: acne, cain, cane, cans, cant, carn, clan, cyan, narc, scan.
	+2 letters: acing, acini, acned, acnes, acorn, actin, adunc, amnic, ancon, antic, bacon, banco, cabin, cains, cairn, cajon, canal, candy, caned, caner, canes, canid, canna, canny, canoe, canon, canso, canst, canto, cants, canty, capon, carns, carny, chain, chang, chant, china, clang, clank, clans, clean, conga, cotan, crane, crank, cyano, cyans, dance, enact, fancy, franc, hance, knack, lance, linac, macon, manic, nacho, nacre, nance, nancy, narco, narcs, naric, natch, nicad, nucha, ocean, octan, panic, pecan, racon, rance, ranch, scans, scant, scena, snack, uncap, uncia, vinca.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Country	Name	Country	Name
Australia	National Can Industries Limited	Greece	Hellas Can Packaging Manufacturers S.A.
Israel	Caniel Israel Can Company Limited	Japan	Hokkai Can Co Ltd
Malaysia	Kian Joo Can Factory Berhad	USA	American National Can Group, Inc.
	(more examples...)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
can	2,151	can i imagine lyrics mercyme only	247
catch me if you can	1,322	can crusher	245
all i can do	1,177	watering can	216
i can only imagine	1,163	can implementation md5 there	201
beer can chicken	895	can i nas	200
trash can	729	how much house can i afford	199
can t let go	610	can am	187
can t hold us down	507	can go let lyrics t	182
amended can fabolous featuring go let lil lyrics main mike mo shorey t version	440	can t take my eyes off you	174
can sibel	417	i can tell	167
can t stop	379	beer can chicken recipe	163
i believe i can fly	369	gas can	154
i know i can	319	two can play that game	146
dead can dance	299	you can t do that on television	143
garbage can	282	can t fight the moonlight	141
can i imagine lyrics only	281	believe can fly i i lyrics	128
can opener	263	am can wrestling	126
can i lyrics nas	257	can down hold lyrics t us	125
beer can	254	can i lyrics	124
can can	253	mercy me i can only imagine	122
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"I can swim!" by Milca Mulders Commentary: "My little boy in the swimming pool: he is absolutely crazy about water!."	"Can you tell me who i am 9" by Janelle Siegrist Commentary: "My sister."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Can

Definition: Can

Can

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Can

Specialty Definition: CAN

Can (band)

Controller Area Network

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Can

CAN

CAN

CAN

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Synonyms: Can

Synonyms within Context: Can

Power

Preservation

Receptacle

Crosswords: Can

Modern Usage: Can

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Tongue Twisters

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Can

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Can

Photos:Can

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Photo Album: Can

Digital Photo Gallery: Can

Sounds Captioned with "Can".

Familiar Quotations: Can

Author Unknown

Bronson Alcott

Henry Kissinger

Joe Louis

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Samuel Johnson

Thomas Carlyle

William Shakespeare

Historic Usage: Can

Magna Carta

John Locke

Marbury v. Madison

Communist Manifesto

Abraham Lincoln

Treaty of Versailles

Winston S. Churchill

United Nations

Brown v. Board of Education

John F. Kennedy

Use in Literature: Can

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Emma

Austen, Jane

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

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