To be strong; to have power (over). 8th–17th c.
To be able; can. 8th–17th c.
To be able to go. from 9th c.
To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests. from 9th c.
Expressing a present possibility; possibly. from 13th c.
Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect). from 16th c.
Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.
To gather may, or flowers in general.
To celebrate May Day.
The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
A maiden.
To know how to; to be able to.
May; to be permitted or enabled to.
To have the potential to; be possible.
(auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
To seal in a can.
To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
To shut up.
To fire or dismiss an employee.
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.
A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.
Buttocks.
Jail or prison.
Headphones.
A drinking cup.
A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
A chimney pot.
