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1. Used to indicate physical or mental ability: I can carry both suitcases. Can you remember the war?

2. Used to indicate possession of a specified power, right, or privilege: The President can veto congressional bills.

3. Used to indicate possession of a specified capability or skill: I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.

4. Used to indicate possibility or probability: I wonder if my long lost neighbor can still be alive. Such things can and do happen.

5. Used to indicate that which is permitted, as by conscience or feelings: One can hardly blame you for being upset.

6. Used to indicate probability or possibility under the specified circumstances: They can hardly have intended to do that.

7. Usage Problem Used to request or grant permission: Can I be excused?

1. can of worms A complex or difficult problem.

2. in the can Completed and ready for release, as a film or scene of a film.

1. A usually cylindrical metal container.

2. An airtight container, usually made of tin-coated iron, in which foods or beverages are preserved.

3. The contents of such a container.

4. Slang A jail or prison.

5. Slang A toilet or restroom.

6. Slang The buttocks.

7. Slang A naval destroyer.

1. To seal in an airtight container for future use; preserve: canning peaches.

2. Slang To dismiss from employment or school. See Synonyms at dismiss.

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