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[ UK /kˈæn/ ]
[ US /ˈkæn, kən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
  2. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  3. airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
  4. a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
  5. the quantity contained in a can
  6. 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?
VERB
  1. preserve in a can or tin
    tinned foods are not very tasty
  2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
    The company terminated 25% of its workers
    The boss fired his secretary today
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  • I'm just a little bit caught in the middle. Life is a maze and love is a riddle, I don't know where to go, can't do it alone.
  • I can't find any relevant material on him in the library.
  • Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
  • The unit can connect to any video source that has composite video and stereo audio RCA jacks, though the encoded audio is limited to mono.
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  • The material you choose for surfaces including counters, backsplashes and floors can also account for variations in price.
  • We carried spare water for the rad, a hand pump just in case the Dunlop pressure dropped, and maybe even a canister of petrol.
  • They need access to the right help so they can rebuild their lives. Times, Sunday Times
  • The sheer volume is so overwhelming that the police cannot get on top of it. The Sun
  • It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
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