Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete spelling of can.
- An obsolete form of can.
- n. An obsolete form of khan.
- n. In Holland, the name given to the liter when used as a measure of capacity for liquids.
- n. In Java, a measure of capacity equal to 0.35 of a United States gallon.
- n. Abbreviations of Kansas.
Wiktionary
- n. Archaic form of khan.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To know; to ken.
- n. See khan.
Examples
“Then Håkan is caught trying to take another victim.”
“Håkan is the very strange man who lives with Eli, doing absolutely everything he can to make her look at him, to touch him; for those rare moments when he gets to see her naked, they are a delight.”
“Håkan is jealous of Oskar and the victims that Eli attacks because they get to be closer to him than he does.”
Vampirism turns practical in “Let the Right One In” » Scene-Stealers
“Ik zou dus graag dat gesigneerde exemplaar willen ontvangen, zodat ik gezellig met mijn vriendin kan kleten over je avonturen in Parijs!”
“Een uniforme manier verzinnen waarop dit wel kan is bijzonder lastig, maar slimme mensen zijn ermee [...]”
“... hier is my theorie (in Engels, nie omdat ek dit nie in Afrikaans kan neerskryf nie maar omdat die ander nie sal verstaan nie):”
“The piece of wisdom he put forth as his own is called a kanôn (“rule”).”
“West takes this as a reference to the monochord, which was called the kanôn, used to determine and illustrate the numerical ratios, which were related to the concordant intervals (1992, 240).”
“Gemeenskappe moet self ook betrokke wees by die opheffingsprojekte, want sonder hule deelname kan hierdie projekte nie slaag nie.”
“Om werklik u ondersteuners te help om vorentoe te beweeg en deel van die nuwe Suid - Afrika te word kan u tog nie voortgaan met u party se ambivalente en soms antagonistiese houding teen regstellende aksie nie.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kan’.
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I can haz cheezeburgerisms
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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