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Main Entry:	can
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	container, usually metallic
Synonyms:	bottle, bucket, jar, package, receptacle, vessel, aluminum, canister, cannikin, gunboat, gutbucket, pop top, tin
Notes:	can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to'

Main Entry:	can
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	toilet
Synonyms:	head, latrine, lavatory, outhouse, pot, privy, throne*, john, johnny, litter box, potty, restroom, sandbox, washroom, water closet

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	can
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	be able
Synonyms:	be capable of, be equal to, be up to, be within one's area, be within one's control, can do, commit, could, cut the mustard, have it made, lie in one's power, make it, make out, make the grade, manage, may, take care of
Antonyms:	cannot

Main Entry:	can
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	buttocks
Synonyms:	backside, behind, butt, fanny, posterior, rump, seat, derrière, fundament, gluteus maximus, hind end, tush

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Main Entry:	can
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fire from job
Synonyms:	ax, boot, bounce, cashier, discharge, dismiss, expel, kick out, sack*, terminate, give the heave ho, let go
Antonyms:	employ, hire

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Main Entry:	behind
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	buttocks
Synonyms:	backside, bottom, can, fanny, posterior, rear, rump, seat, tail, breech, derrière, fundament, tush
Antonyms:	front

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Main Entry:	bucket
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	container, often for liquids, with handle
Synonyms:	can, cask, kettle, pail, pot, scuttle, vat, brazier, canister, hod

Main Entry:	cap
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	outdo a performance
Synonyms:	beat, best, better, can, clinch, complete, cover, crest, crown, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, outshine, outstrip, pass, surmount, surpass, top, transcend, wrap up*, button down, button up, cob, do to a T, put the lid on, top it off, trump

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	cashier
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	discard, expel
Synonyms:	ax, boot, bounce, break, can, cast off, discharge, dismiss, displace, fire, heave, remove, sack*, terminate, drum out, give a pink slip, give the heave ho

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Main Entry:	chuck
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	throw aside, throw away, throw out
Synonyms:	abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough
Antonyms:	keep

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Main Entry:	consummate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	achieve, finish
Synonyms:	accomplish, can, carry out, clinch, close, come, come through, compass, complete, conclude, crown, drop curtain, end, halt, knock off, perfect, perform, polish off, put away, sign, terminate, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up, button down, call a day, clean up, effectuate, fold up, get it together, go the distance, mop up, put finishing touch on, put lid on, put to bed, sew up, take care of, top it off
Antonyms:	neglect

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	container
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	holder for physical object
Synonyms:	bag, beaker, bin, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, bunker, caisson, can, canteen, capsule, carton, cask, casket, chamber, chest, churn, cistern, cradle, crate, crock, dish, ewer, flask, hamper, hutch, jar, jug, kettle, package, packet, pail, pit, pod, poke, pot, pottery, pouch, purse, receptacle, reliquary, repository, sac, sack, scuttle, storage, tank, tub, utensil, vase, vat, vessel, vial, alembic, canister, carafe, cauldron, firkin, hod, hopper, humidor, jeroboam, magnum, stein

Main Entry:	depose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	oust from position
Synonyms:	bounce, break, can, cashier, chuck, degrade, demote, dethrone, dismiss, displace, downgrade, eject, impeach, kick out, overthrow, send packing*, subvert, throw out, unseat, upset, boot out, discrown, drum out, freeze out, give heave-ho, remove from office, ride out on rail, run out of town, throw out on ear, uncrown, unfrock, unmake

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	derriere
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	backside
Synonyms:	ass, bottom, buttocks, can, fanny, keister, posterior, rear, rear end, seat, buns, cheeks, heinie

Main Entry:	discard
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	get rid of
Synonyms:	abandon, abdicate, abjure, banish, can, cancel, cashier, chuck, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, jettison, junk, oust, protest, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, write off, adios, cast aside, deep-six, free of, give up, have done with, part with, put by, sweep away, throw overboard, toss aside
Antonyms:	embrace, keep, retain

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Main Entry:	jail
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	place for incarceration
Synonyms:	black hole, brig, can, cell, clink, cooler, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside, joint, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack, reformatory, solitary, stir, stockade, bastille, bullpen, jailhouse, slammer, up the river

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Main Entry:	jail
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	incarcerate
Synonyms:	book, cage, can, confine, constrain, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, prison, put away, railroad, sentence, bastille, lock up, put behind bars, put on ice, send up, take away*, throw away the keys, throw in dungeon, throw the book at
Antonyms:	free, liberate

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Main Entry:	kick out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	get rid of
Synonyms:	ax, boot, bounce, can, cashier, chase, chuck, discharge, dismiss, drop, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, oust, out, reject, remove, sack*, throw out, toss out
Antonyms:	allow, hold, keep

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	package
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	bundle; whole
Synonyms:	assortment, bag, baggage, bale, batch, bottle, box, bunch, burden, can, carton, combination, container, crate, entity, kit, load, lot, luggage, pack, packet, parcel, pile, sack, stack, suitcase, trunk, unit, amalgamation, biddle, sheaf, tin

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