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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: can (0.00915 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to can.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: can bisa, dapat, kaleng
English → English (WordNet) Definition: can can n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. [syn: tin, tin can] 2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: canful] 3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: can buoy] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; “he deserves a good kick in the butt”; “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?” [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end , rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 6: a room equipped with toilet facilities [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, john, privy, bathroom] [also: canning, canned] can v 1: preserve in a can or tin; “tinned foods are not very tasty” [syn: tin, put up] 2: terminate the employment of; “The boss fired his secretary today”; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: fire, give notice, dismiss, give the axe, send away , sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: hire] [also: canning, canned]
English → English (gcide) Definition: can May \May\ (m[=a]), v. [imp. Might (m[imac]t)] [AS. pres. m[ae]g I am able, pret. meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G. m["o]gen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ. moche. [root]103. Cf. Dismay, Main strength, Might. The old imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.] An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can. [1913 Webster] How may a man, said he, with idle speech, Be won to spoil the castle of his health! --Spenser. [1913 Webster] For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do as just, and what he may do as possible. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: “It might have been.” --Whittier. [1913 Webster] (b) Liberty; permission; allowance. [1913 Webster] Thou mayst be no longer steward. --Luke xvi. 2. [1913 Webster] (c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability. [1913 Webster] Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance Some general maxims, or be right by chance. --Pope. [1913 Webster] (d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark. [1913 Webster] How old may Phillis be, you ask. --Prior. [1913 Webster] (e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like. “May you live happily.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] May be, & It may be, are used as equivalent to possibly, perhaps, maybe, by chance, peradventure. See 1st Maybe. [1913 Webster]

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