Can vs. Could

Canverb

To know how to; to be able to.

Canverb

May; to be permitted or enabled to.

Canverb

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.

Canverb

(auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.

Canverb

To seal in a can.

Canverb

To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

Canverb

To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

Canverb

To shut up.

Canverb

To fire or dismiss an employee.

Cannoun

A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.

Cannoun

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

Cannoun

A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.

Cannoun

A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.

Cannoun

Buttocks.

Cannoun

(slang) Jail or prison.

Cannoun

Headphones.

Cannoun

(archaic) A drinking cup.

Cannoun

(nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark

Cannoun

A chimney pot.

Can

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

Cannoun

A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.

Cannoun

A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.

Canverb

To preserve by putting in sealed cans

Canverb

To know; to understand.

Canverb

To be able to do; to have power or influence.

Canverb

To be able; - followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

Cannoun

airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

Cannoun

the quantity contained in a can

Cannoun

a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

Cannoun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

Cannoun

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Cannoun

a room equipped with toilet facilities

Canverb

preserve in a can or tin;

Canverb

terminate the employment of;

Canverb

be able to

Canverb

be able to through acquired knowledge or skill

Canverb

have the opportunity or possibility to

Canverb

used to express doubt or surprise about the possibility of something's being the case

Canverb

used to indicate that something is typically the case

Canverb

be permitted to

Canverb

used to request someone to do something

Canverb

used to make a suggestion or offer

Canverb

preserve (food) in a can

Canverb

dismiss from a job

Canverb

reject as inadequate

Cannoun

a cylindrical metal container

Cannoun

a small steel or aluminium container in which food or drink is hermetically sealed for storage over long periods

Cannoun

the quantity of food or drink held by a can

Cannoun

prison

Cannoun

the toilet

Cannoun

headphones.

Cannoun

a woman's breasts.

Couldverb

conditional of can

Couldverb

Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).

Couldverb

Used to politely ask for permission to do something.

Couldverb

Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.

Couldverb

Used to show the possibility that something might happen.

Couldverb

Used to suggest something.

Couldnoun

Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

Could

Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.

Couldverb

past of can

Couldverb

used to indicate possibility

Couldverb

used in making suggestions or polite requests

Couldverb

used to indicate annoyance because of something that has not been done

Couldverb

used to indicate a strong inclination to do something