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70 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • cant n. (Countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
  • cant n. (Countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
  • cant n. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
  • cant n. (Uncountable, derogatory) Empty, hypocritical talk.
  • cant n. (Uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
  • cant n. (Countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some…
  • cant n. (Obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
  • cant v. (Intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
  • cant v. (Intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
  • cant v. (Intransitive) To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
  • cant v. (Intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
  • cant v. (Obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
  • cant n. (Obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.
  • cant n. Slope, the angle at which something is set.
  • cant n. A corner (of a building).
  • cant n. An outer or external angle.
  • cant n. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
  • cant n. A movement or throw that overturns something.
  • cant n. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias…
  • cant n. (Coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
  • cant n. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
  • cant n. (Nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
  • cant n. (Lumbering) An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
  • cant v. (Transitive) To set (something) at an angle.
  • cant v. (Transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
  • cant v. (Transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.
  • cant v. (Transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
  • cant v. (Transitive, obsolete) To divide or parcel out.
  • cant n. (Regional, forestry) A parcel, a division.
  • cant adj. (Britain, dialect) Lively, lusty.
  • Cant prop.n. A surname.
  • can't v. Cannot (negative auxiliary); is unable to; does not have the ability to.
  • can't v. Is forbidden to; is not permitted to.
  • can't v. Often followed by be: is logically impossible.
  • Cant. prop.n. Abbreviation of Canticles.
  • Cant. prop.n. Abbreviation of Canticle of Canticles.
  • Cant. prop.n. Abbreviation of Cantonese.
  • ca'n't v. Obsolete spelling of can’t.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Catalan
  • Middle english
    • cant adj. (Northern ME, Scotland) bold, lively, cant#Etymology 4.
  • Old french
    • çant n. Alternative form of cent, a hundred.
  • Romanian
    • cant n. Edge.
    • cânt n. Chant.
    • cânt n. Canto.
    • cânt v. First-person singular present indicative of cânta.
    • cânt v. First-person singular present subjunctive of cânta.
  • Sassarese
    • cant' adj. Apocopic form of cantu.
    • cant' adv. Apocopic form of cantu.
  • Scots
    • cant adj. (Middle Scots) lively.
  • Welsh
    • cant num. (Cardinal number) one hundred.
    • cant n. Hundred.
    • cant n. Century.
    • cant n. Hoop.
    • cant n. Rim.
    • cânt v. (Literary) third-person plural present indicative/future of cael.
— English word, defined in German —
  • can't nicht können.
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • can't contr. Can+not: kan niet.
— English words, defined in French —
  • cant n. Argot.
  • cant n. Discours hypocrite ou creux.
  • cant v. Parler argot.
  • cant v. (Héraldique) (d’un blason) Parler.
  • cant n. Pente.
  • cant v. Pencher.
  • can’t v. Négation de l’auxiliaire can. Ne pouvoir … pas.
— English word, defined in Spanish —
  • can't contr. Contracción de verbo can y adverbio not, no puedo, no puedes, ...
— English word, defined in Portuguese —
  • can't cont. Contração de can not; cannot.
— In Dutch —
  • cant n. Jargon, dieventaal.
— In French —
  • cant n.m. (Charpenterie) (Canada) Face la moins large d’une pièce de bois.
  • cant n.m. (Par extension) (Canada) Face la moins large de tout objet…
  • cant n.m. (Rare) Afféterie de manières et de langage ; hypocrisie à la mode.
208 English words from 55 English definitions

Abbreviation ability after A␣language also Alternative angle Apocopic are argot arms auction auxiliary bearer beg beggars bevel bias bid bidders blazon bold Britain building bulkheads call call␣for can Cannot cant Canticle Canticle␣of␣Canticles Canticles Canto Cantonese Cardinal Cardinal␣number cask cent Century change Chant class coat coat␣of␣arms cogwheel contents Coopering corner Countable cutting deck derogatory dialect direction divide division does edge emptied empty especially Etymology external fair false fashion First First␣person First-person␣singular followed followed␣by for forbidden forestry form forming from future gang give group have head heraldry Hoop horizontal hundred hypocritical impossible impulse inclination indicative Intransitive Irish Irish␣Travellers jargon kick laid language less line Literary lively log logically Lumbering lusty make makes manner Middle Middle␣Scots movement name Nautical negative new niche Northern not number obsolete of␣a often one one␣hundred other out outer overturn overturns parcel parcel␣out particular permitted person phrases piece plural preach preliminary present present␣indicative present␣subjunctive private producing public pun push references Regional religious rim Scotland Scots secret sect segment sell set set␣phrases Shelta side side␣piece singsong singular slope some something Song so␣that speak speech spelling spoken subgroup subjunctive such such␣as sudden support surname talk that the third third␣person third-person␣plural throw thrust tilt Transitive Travellers turn unable uncountable unfinished upon used vertical vertical␣line vessel which whining with wood wooden

21 English words from 15 foreign definitions

à␣la à␣la␣mode argot bois can Canada cannot extension Face hypocrisie hypocrite Jargon kan large mode not objet Par pas Rare tout

30 foreign words from 15 foreign definitions

adverbio Afféterie auxiliaire blason Charpenterie Contração Contracción creux dieventaal Discours et␣de Héraldique können langage manières moins Négation nicht niet Par␣extension Parler Pencher Pente pièce pièce␣de␣bois pouvoir puedes puedo une verbo

389 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Cante canto Canto cants Cantu canty Canty Cantab cantal Cantal cantar canted cantel canter Canter Cantes Cantey canthi cantho- Cần␣Thơ cantic cantil Cantin cantle cantly canton Canton cantor Cantor cantos Cantos can't've Cantys Cantabs cantala cantals Cantals Cantara cantaro cantars cantata Cantave cantcha can'tcha cantdog cant-dog canteen cantels Cantera Cantero +339 words

702 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

acanth acanth- scante scants scanty acantha acanthi acantho- acanths decants incants locants McCants recants scanted scanter scantle scantly secants Vacanti acanthad acanthas acanthin acanthor acanthus Alcantar Alicante alicants bel␣canto decanted decanter descants discants dracanth incanted incanter incantor Licantén outcants peccants precants recanted recanter scantest scantier scanties scantily scanting scantity scantled +652 words

130 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

scant decant incant locant recant secant vacant alicant blicant calcant descant discant emicant outcant peccant precant abdicant albicant bisecant cosecant dedicant exsecant indicant medicant orticant radicant reducant toxicant unvacant urticant vesicant amplicant applicant arcsecant candicant collocant coruscant demulcant desiccant dessicant duplicant edificant eradicant exsiccant fabricant Fabricant febricant formicant fruticant impeccant +80 words

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't can Can CAN Can.

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

NAC TNA

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

NCTA T-Can TNCA

37 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

actin actin' actin- acton Acton act␣on antic cain't can␣it cann't canst can'st Cante canto Canto cants Cantu canty Canty casn't Caton chant Chant CNATT ctDNA ctRNA cutan danc't enact natch NWTCA NYCTA octan scant TACAN tucan UNTAC

50 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

act Act ACT act. Act. A.C.T. A.␣C.␣T. ANC ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't ATC ATN can Can CAN Can. cat Cat CAT CNA CNT c*nt CTA ctn CTN NAC nat Nat NAT Nat. NCA NCT NTA NTC tac TAC tan Tan TAN TCA TNA TnC TNC

57 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AANT bant Cait Cana cand cane Cane CanE cang Cann cans cany capt Capt Capt. cart Cart CART cast Cast -cast Catt caut cent cent- cent. Cent. cont cont. Crnt. cunt Dant Fant Gant hant ha'nt han't ha'n't jant Kant lant Lant LANT pant Pant pant- rant /rant Sant Tant -tant vant want Want wan't wa'n't Yant

18 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't can Can CAN Can. cat Cat CAT CNT c*nt

8 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

cain't can␣it cann't canst can'st casn't chant Chant


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