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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