can
1. airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
tin, tin can
• Derivationally related forms:
tin (for: tin)
• Hypernyms:
container
• Hyponyms:
beer can, caddy, tea caddy, cannikin, coffee can,
milk can, oilcan, soda can
2. the quantity contained in a can
• Syn:
canful
• Hypernyms:
containerful
3. a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
• Syn:
can buoy
• Hypernyms:
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
• Derivationally related forms:
posterior (for: posterior)
• Hypernyms:
body part
• Part Holonyms:
torso, trunk, body
5. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
• Syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, john, privy, bathroom
• Hypernyms:
room
• Hyponyms:
head, public toilet, comfort station, public convenience, convenience,
public lavatory, restroom, toilet facility, wash room, washroom, water closet,
closet, W.C., loo
• Part Meronyms:
toilet, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne
6. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
• Syn:
toilet, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne
• Derivationally related forms:
stool (for: stool), crap (for: crapper)
• Hypernyms:
plumbing fixture
• Hyponyms:
flushless toilet, flush toilet, lavatory, potty seat, potty chair
• Part Holonyms:
toilet, lavatory, lav, john, privy,
bathroom, bath
• Part Meronyms:
toilet bowl, toilet seat
1. preserve in a can or tin (Freq. 2)
- tinned foods are not very tasty
• Syn:
tin, put up
• Derivationally related forms:
tin (for: tin), cannery
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
preserve, keep
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The chefs can the vegetables
2. terminate the employment of;
discharge from an office or position (Freq. 1)
- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
• Syn:
displace, fire, give notice, dismiss, give the axe,
send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Ant:
hire (for: fire)
• Derivationally related forms:
sack (for: sack), sacking (for: sack), dismissible (for: dismiss), dismission (for: dismiss), dismissal (for: dismiss), firing (for: fire)
• Hypernyms:
remove
• Hyponyms:
retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off,
squeeze out, dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the sack)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the axe)
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