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What is the verb for can?

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can
  1. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
  2. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
  3. To shut up.
  4. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. be able to, be capable of, be equal to, be up to, be within one's area, be within one's control, lie in one's power, may, could, might, would, is able to, may perhaps, might perhaps, possibly will, could perhaps, may possibly, could potentially, might possibly, might potentially, may well, potentially will, may potentially, could possibly, may actually, sack, fire, dismiss, terminate, axe, discharge, release, ax, bounce, remove, retire, boot, expel, cashier, pink-slip, kick out, let go, give notice to, give the heave-ho, muster out, oust, boot out, show the door, throw out, turn off … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “He is an extraordinary linguist who can speak several languages fluently.”
      “The company was losing money and had to can several workers.”
      “I would can the sugary drinks if I were you.”
can
  1. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
  2. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
  3. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To be possible, usually with be.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. be able to, be capable of, be equal to, be up to, be within one's area, be within one's control, lie in one's power, may, could, might, would, is able to, may perhaps, might perhaps, possibly will, could perhaps, may possibly, could potentially, might possibly, might potentially, may well, potentially will, may potentially, could possibly, may actually, sack, fire, dismiss, terminate, axe, discharge, release, ax, bounce, remove, retire, boot, expel, cashier, pink-slip, kick out, let go, give notice to, give the heave-ho, muster out, oust, boot out, show the door, throw out, turn off … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “He is an extraordinary linguist who can speak several languages fluently.”
      “The company was losing money and had to can several workers.”
      “I would can the sugary drinks if I were you.”
canned
  1. simple past tense and past participle of can
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lost, discarded, chucked, ditched, dumped, junked, scrapped, shed, binned, tossed, tost, abandoned, cast aside, casted off, did away with, dispensed with, gave up, got rid of, jettisoned, left, threw out, tossed out, unloaded, cashiered, cast, deep-sixed, deserted, disposed of, eighty-sixed, exorcised, exorcized, forsook, put out to pasture, relinquished, shucked, shucked off, threw aside, threw away, wrote off … more
canne
  1. Obsolete spelling of can
cans
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of can
canst
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of can
  2. Examples:
      3. “Thou canst but warn such as fear their Lord unseen and establish regular Prayer.”
      “I forgive thee gladly thy ransom, neither shall I ever ask even a dinar from thee, but thou canst repay me!”
      “The best, the most Christianlike pity thou canst show, is to take pity on thy own soul.”
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