canned

«canned» in Mova's school dictionary: Kept in a sealed metal can or tin, like canned beans — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (canned); verb past form of can (can, cans, canned, canning — to put into tins)

meaning for a pupil

1) Kept in a sealed metal can or tin, like canned beans. tree →

2) (of laughter, music) Recorded earlier and played again, not live, like canned laughter on TV. tree →

3) (US, informal) Fired from a job. tree →

4) (informal) Stopped or cancelled, like a canned TV show. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and cooking it means tinned food. In media lessons, canned laughter is recorded laughter added to comedy shows. Phrases: "canned food", "canned laughter", "got canned" (lost a job).

examples

• We collected canned food for the food bank. tree →
• Canned peaches last a long time. tree →
• That show has canned laughter. tree →
• The factory canned tomatoes all summer. tree →
• He got canned from his job at the cinema. tree →
• The TV series was canned after one season. tree →

note

In British English people often say "tinned" food. The verb "can" (to put in cans) doubles the n: canned, canning. This is different from the helping verb "can" (be able), which has no past "canned". Throw away cans that bulge or leak: the food may be unsafe.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «canned» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.