9 definitions by Juneberry You
The Word Can, which is a homographic word, has multiple meanings.
Can (Word #1)
Noun (Single Noun is Can, Plural Noun is Cans, and Another Noun is The Can)
1. A metal container, holding food such as vegetables, sauce, meat, soup, and fruit.
2. A plastic or metal container, used for holding waste, recycling, and garbage, also known as a recycling bin or can, and garbage bin or can.
3. An aluminum container, used for holding various types of beverages, especially pop.
4. (The Can) Prison.
5. (The Can) The Toilet.
6. Slang Definition: A women’s breasts.
7. A container used to water plants outside, also called the watering can.
Verb (Base Verb = Can, Present = Cans, Past = Canned, Present = Canning)
1. Preserve any food inside of various cans.
2. Dismiss or Fire Someone from a job.
3. Reject someone or something as inadequate.
Can (Word #2)
Modal Verb = Can, Past Tense Modal Verb = Could (Others include cannot, can’t, and can not)
1. An ability Verb
2. (Can’t, Cannot, or Can Not) Be unable to do something.
3. A verb used for permission.
4. A verb used to ask for permission.
Can (Abbreviations)
CAN = Canada
CANS = THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEEDS AND STRENGTHS Assessment
Can (Word #1)
Noun (Single Noun is Can, Plural Noun is Cans, and Another Noun is The Can)
1. A metal container, holding food such as vegetables, sauce, meat, soup, and fruit.
2. A plastic or metal container, used for holding waste, recycling, and garbage, also known as a recycling bin or can, and garbage bin or can.
3. An aluminum container, used for holding various types of beverages, especially pop.
4. (The Can) Prison.
5. (The Can) The Toilet.
6. Slang Definition: A women’s breasts.
7. A container used to water plants outside, also called the watering can.
Verb (Base Verb = Can, Present = Cans, Past = Canned, Present = Canning)
1. Preserve any food inside of various cans.
2. Dismiss or Fire Someone from a job.
3. Reject someone or something as inadequate.
Can (Word #2)
Modal Verb = Can, Past Tense Modal Verb = Could (Others include cannot, can’t, and can not)
1. An ability Verb
2. (Can’t, Cannot, or Can Not) Be unable to do something.
3. A verb used for permission.
4. A verb used to ask for permission.
Can (Abbreviations)
CAN = Canada
CANS = THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEEDS AND STRENGTHS Assessment
Can (Word #1)
Noun
1. Sentence Example: Could you please get me a can of soup?
2. Sentence Example: Every week, we get our garbage can emptied. We recycle our old glasses and bottles in a recycling can.
3. Sentence Example: I had two cans of pop over the last week.
4. Sentence Example: We brought five people into the can, where they will spend the next ten years of their lives.
5. Sentence Example: There were ten people lined up to use the can.
6. No Example
7. Sentence Example: I used the watering can to make my plants grow better, especially when there is hardly any rain.
Verb
1. Sentence Example: We just canned 20,000 different food cans last week.
2. Sentence Example: The boss canned three employees for not bothering to show up half the time.
3. Sentence Example: Her valentine was canned. We decided to can the idea of a garage, as there wasn’t enough space for one.
Can (Word #2)
1. Sentence Example: I can see the chart.
2. Sentence Example: I cannot lose this, I really need it.
3. Sentence Example: Yes, you can do that.
4. Sentence Example: Can I use the can?
Noun
1. Sentence Example: Could you please get me a can of soup?
2. Sentence Example: Every week, we get our garbage can emptied. We recycle our old glasses and bottles in a recycling can.
3. Sentence Example: I had two cans of pop over the last week.
4. Sentence Example: We brought five people into the can, where they will spend the next ten years of their lives.
5. Sentence Example: There were ten people lined up to use the can.
6. No Example
7. Sentence Example: I used the watering can to make my plants grow better, especially when there is hardly any rain.
Verb
1. Sentence Example: We just canned 20,000 different food cans last week.
2. Sentence Example: The boss canned three employees for not bothering to show up half the time.
3. Sentence Example: Her valentine was canned. We decided to can the idea of a garage, as there wasn’t enough space for one.
Can (Word #2)
1. Sentence Example: I can see the chart.
2. Sentence Example: I cannot lose this, I really need it.
3. Sentence Example: Yes, you can do that.
4. Sentence Example: Can I use the can?
by Juneberry You June 12, 2023
1. A portable toilet.
2. The most unsanitary places on Earth.
3. A homeless person’s happy place.
4. A thing used to make various companies lots of money for festivals and parties.
2. The most unsanitary places on Earth.
3. A homeless person’s happy place.
4. A thing used to make various companies lots of money for festivals and parties.
1. I need to use the can, oh good, there is a porta potty right there!
2. After coming out of the porta potty, I almost gagged and threw up, it was so gross seeing other people’s sewage.
3. That homeless guy came out of that porta potty with a huge smile, he felt so much better.
4. As a company, we have made $5000 in renting porta potties.
2. After coming out of the porta potty, I almost gagged and threw up, it was so gross seeing other people’s sewage.
3. That homeless guy came out of that porta potty with a huge smile, he felt so much better.
4. As a company, we have made $5000 in renting porta potties.
by Juneberry You June 13, 2023
It might rain next month.
Who might you be, you might as well use it.
Might I ask for some advice on this assignment?
Who might you be, you might as well use it.
Might I ask for some advice on this assignment?
by Juneberry You June 13, 2023
A place to use the bathroom, a portable toilet served through various companies, one of the porta potty companies.
by Juneberry You June 20, 2023
When the maybe becomes two months later, just holding the please for something, being lazy two months before.
by Juneberry You May 21, 2023
A better way of saying should in the past tense. A better way of saying various lines like “required to”.
You are supposed to do the tile work.
What am I supposed to do with that?
You were supposed to do that three weeks ago!
What am I supposed to do with that?
You were supposed to do that three weeks ago!
by Juneberry You June 13, 2023
A maybe that exits the May, and turns to June, due to being said over a month, just to keep someone’s hopes up.
by Juneberry You May 21, 2023