Can vs. May

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.

Mayverb

To be strong; to have power (over).

Mayverb

To be able; can.

Mayverb

To be able to go.

Mayverb

To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.

Mayverb

Expressing a present possibility; possibly.

Mayverb

Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).

Mayverb

Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.

Mayverb

To gather may, or flowers in general.

Mayverb

To celebrate May Day.

Maynoun

The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.

Maynoun

(archaic) A maiden.

Mayverb

An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb,

Mayverb

Liberty; permission; allowance.

Mayverb

Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.

Mayverb

Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark.

Mayverb

Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like.

Maynoun

A maiden.

Maynoun

The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

Maynoun

The early part or springtime of life.

Maynoun

The flowers of the hawthorn; - so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.

Maynoun

The merrymaking of May Day.

Maynoun

the month following April and preceding June

Maynoun

thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America

Mayverb

expressing possibility

Mayverb

used when admitting that something is so before making another, more important point

Mayverb

used to ask for or to give permission

Mayverb

expressing a wish or hope

Maynoun

the fifth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of spring

Maynoun

one's bloom or prime

May

May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.