() an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]
(n.) A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
(n.) A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.
(v. t.) To preserve by putting in sealed cans
(v. t. & i.) To know; to understand.
(v. t. & i.) To be able to do; to have power or influence.
(v. t. & i.) To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
Example Sentences:
Headphones
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinical measurements of the loudness discomfort level (LDL) are generally performed while the subject listens to a particular stimulus presented from an audiometer through headphones (AUD-HP).
(2) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(3) The market for expensive headphones increased by 73% in 2012.
(4) In that time Beats launched a new range of headphones and portable speakers, designed and manufactured in house, and then in January 2014 the company launched Beats Music – a music streaming subscription service built upon the company’s acquisition of a similar service called MOG in 2012.
(5) After two weeks ground squirrels were reanesthetized and tone pips and clicks were delivered through a TDH-49 headphone.
(6) I would be sitting in the studio with my headphones on, my back to the studio door, live on air, and couldn't hear a thing except what was in my headphones, and then I'd find these wandering hands up my jumper fondling my breasts," she said.
(7) Abramovich said little and spoke only in Russian, with the judge, Dame Elizabeth Gloster, and a packed courtroom of barristers, security guards and supporters listening to a translation via headphones.
(8) The other passengers aren't much trouble, beyond the occasional loud phone call or crackling headphones.
(9) They adjust wires and lights, listen intently to headphones, and a makeup woman dashes over and dabs at the shine on Brydon's forehead.
(10) Beats Music’s owner, headphones firm Beats Electronic, is close to being acquired by Apple for $3.2bn (£1.9bn).
(11) The experimental conditions consisted of three different schedules of arousal produced by series of tones presented to subjects over headphones.
(12) Patients in the treated group were played music of their choice through headphones from 5 min before induction of anaesthesia to 15 min postoperatively.
(13) Study 2 assessed the impact of a student confederate who lowered his or her observer-audible headphone volume at the polite request of a second student confederate.
(14) The amplified signal can be monitored through a built-in speaker, or through headphones.
(15) The headphone stimuli were localized by eight subjects in virtually the same positions as the corresponding free-field stimuli.
(16) To be able to understand radio traffic in spite of the noisy environment, headphone volume must be raised above the noise of the engines.
(17) Radio 1's Phil Lester and Dan Howell, who made their names on YouTube as Danisnotonfire and AmazingPhil, won the inaugural Golden Headphones award, voted for by listeners.
(18) Apple will take over design duties for new Beats headphones, while the rest of the Beats Electronics team will be absorbed into Apple.
(19) Weeks later, Radio 2 breakfast DJ Chris Evans said Moyles should hang up his headphones as he was too old for his audience.
(20) I do struggle to switch off, but a good book and the occasional use of headphones helps.