This meaning refers to sealed cylindrical containers, usually made of metal.
The shelf holds several cans of soup.
Empty drink cans were collected for recycling.
This is the third-person singular form of can and means preserving or packaging food in sealed containers.
The factory cans vegetables every summer.
She cans tomatoes from her garden.
This informal meaning refers to firing a person, canceling a plan, or discarding something.
The manager cans employees who repeatedly ignore safety rules.
The studio cans the project after poor test results.
