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(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.

Example: She can speak English, French, and German.   I can play football.   Can you remember your fifth birthday?

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

Example: You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.   Can I use your pen?

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

Example: Animals can experience emotions.

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

Example: Can you hear that?.

Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.

Variant of couthie.

Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.

Example: That man has no couth.

A person with social graces; a refined or sophisticated person.

Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.