Definitions for canst

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Spelling: [kanst]

IPA: /kænst/

Canst is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in canst (acnst).

Definitions for canst

noun

1. a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
2. a receptacle for garbage, ashes, etc.:
3. a bucket, pail, or other container for holding or carrying liquids:
4. a drinking cup; tankard.
5. a metal or plastic container for holding film on cores or reels.
6. Slang: Usually Vulgar. toilet; bathroom.
7. Slang. jail:
8. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. buttocks.
9. cans, Slang. a set of headphones designed to cover the ears. Compare earbuds.
10. Military Slang. a depth charge. a destroyer.

verb

1. 2nd person singular present of can1 .

Idioms

1. carry the can, British and Canadian Slang. to take the responsibility.
2. in the can, recorded on film; completed:

auxiliary verb

1. to be able to; have the ability, power, or skill to:
2. to know how to:
3. to have the power or means to:
4. to have the right or qualifications to:
5. may; have permission to:
6. to have the possibility:

verb (used with object)

1. to preserve by sealing in a can, jar, etc.
2. Slang. to dismiss; fire.
3. Slang. to throw (something) away.
4. Slang. to put a stop to:
5. to record, as on film or tape.

verb (used with or without object)

1. Obsolete. to know.

Origin of canst

before 900; Middle English, Old English, present indicative singular 1st, 3rd person of cunnan to know, know how; cognate with German, Old Norse, Gothic kann; see ken,

Examples for canst

canst tell me, friend, where might be the wine-shop of one Nicodemus?

And I said: How canst thou say so, when I hold thee in my arms?

And there are many Greeks in turn for thee to slay, whomsoever thou canst.

canst thou sing of the days when the earth came forth from Chaos?

So he said, "canst thou love me, Prokris, instead of Kephalos?"

Art thou wayworn, or canst not further trace The diamond path?

canst tell a ship's topmast from a squirrel if one should heave in sight?

canst not give a name to it, and thou so skilled in leech-craft?

canst prevail with one of thy Fellow-Soldiers to be so kind?

"canst choose betwixt that young rip and me," replied Sennacherib.