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can

Definities

Engels > Nederlands

can

1. (ik) kan

2. (je) kunt

3. (we) kunnen

4. kan

5. blikje, conservenblik

Engels > Engels

can

1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.

She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?

2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen?

3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.

Can it be Friday already?

Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.

Animals can experience emotions.

4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.

Can you hear that?.

I can feel the baby moving inside me.

5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.

6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.

7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.

9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.

Shit or get off the can.

Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.

10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks.

11. n. (slang) Jail or prison.

Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.

12. n. (slang) Headphones.

13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup.

14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark

15. n. A chimney pot.

16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.

They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.

17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.

18. v. To shut up.

Can your gob.

19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.

The boss canned him for speaking out.

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

No one can read the book without crying.
    Niemand kan het boek lezen zonder te huilen.
The sky is as blue as blue can be.
    De lucht is zo blauw als hij maar zijn kan.
I am so tired that I can't study.
    Ik ben zo moe, dat ik niet kan studeren.
You can believe me.
    Je mag me geloven.
You can't blame this on us.
    Dat kan je mij niet verwijten.

Vorige woorden herzien

eight	stationery	sixty-nine	anaesthetic
fence	cable car	bark	wave
minute	skin	February	ambulance
fireplace	reading	white	tadpole

Willekeurig

hair dryer	baby food	tomorrow	bread
tadpole	twenty-four	policeman	mirror
potato	bathmat	bridge	summer
carriage	fan	chicken	oven

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