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can
verb
-
can
,
canning
,
cans
,
canned
to
put
food
into
jars
or
metal
cans
and
seal
them
so
it
will
last
a
long
time
•
Farmers
often
can
peaches
at
the
end
of
summer
.
Farmers
often
can
peaches
at
the
end
of
summer
.
•
We
spent
the
weekend
canning
tomatoes
from
the
garden
.
We
spent
the
weekend
canning
tomatoes
from
the
garden
.
Early
19th-century
use
of
the
noun
“
can
”
as
a
verb
meaning
“
to
put
into
a
can
for
preservation
.”
verb
-
can
,
canning
,
cans
,
canned
informal
:
to
dismiss
someone
from
a
job
•
The
company
canned
three
workers
after
the
budget
cuts
.
The
company
canned
three
workers
after
the
budget
cuts
.
•
If
you
keep
coming
in
late
,
the
boss
might
can
you
.
If
you
keep
coming
in
late
,
the
boss
might
can
you
.
Early
20th-century
American
slang
,
likening
firing
someone
to
throwing
something
into
a
trash
can
.
scan
verb
-
scan
,
scanning
,
scans
,
scanned
to
look
over
something
quickly
but
carefully
in
order
to
find
a
particular
piece
of
information
,
person
,
or
danger
•
She
scanned
the
list
to
see
if
her
name
was
there
.
She
scanned
the
list
to
see
if
her
name
was
there
.
•
The
lifeguard
scanned
the
waves
for
signs
of
danger
.
The
lifeguard
scanned
the
waves
for
signs
of
danger
.
From
Latin
scandere
“
to
climb
,
scan
(
verse
).”
Sense
of
“
look
quickly
”
dates
from
the
20th
century
.
verb
-
scan
,
scanning
,
scans
,
scanned
to
examine
something
with
a
special
machine
or
program
so
that
information
is
recorded
,
shown
,
or
converted
into
digital
form
•
I
scanned
the
receipt
with
my
phone
to
save
a
copy
.
I
scanned
the
receipt
with
my
phone
to
save
a
copy
.
•
The
nurse
asked
me
to
lie
still
while
the
machine
scanned
my
knee
.
The
nurse
asked
me
to
lie
still
while
the
machine
scanned
my
knee
.
Extended
from
earlier
sense
of
"
examine
";
technological
use
began
in
the
mid-20th
century
with
electronic
imaging
devices
.
verb
-
scan
,
scanning
,
scans
,
scanned
to
analyze
a
line
of
poetry
to
show
its
rhythmic
pattern
of
stressed
and
unstressed
syllables
•
The
professor
taught
us
how
to
scan
a
Shakespearean
sonnet
.
The
professor
taught
us
how
to
scan
a
Shakespearean
sonnet
.
•
I
struggled
to
scan
the
line
because
of
its
unusual
rhythm
.
I
struggled
to
scan
the
line
because
of
its
unusual
rhythm
.
From
Latin
scandere
"
to
climb
;
to
scan
verse
,"
retained
in
the
specialized
literary
sense
.
