can

(noun) airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.. Synonyms: tin, tin can.

(noun) the quantity contained in a can. Synonyms: canful.

(noun) a buoy with a round bottom and conical top. Synonyms: can buoy.

(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. Synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass. Examples: "He deserves a good kick in the butt." "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?."

(noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. Synonyms: toilet, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne.

(noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets. Synonyms: toilet, lavatory, lav, john, privy, bathroom.

(verb) preserve in a can or tin. Synonyms: tin, put up. Examples: "Tinned foods are not very tasty."

(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. Synonyms: displace, fire, give notice, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate. Examples: "The boss fired his secretary today." "The company terminated 25% of its workers."