canvas
Nouns
- (n) a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) canvass,
- (n) an oil painting on canvas fabric canvass,
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(n) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- the crowded canvas of history
- the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
- (n) a tent made of canvas fabric canvas tent, canvass,
- (n) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel sail, canvass, sheet,
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(n) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
- the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
Verbs
- (v) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign canvass,
- (v) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions canvass, poll,
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(v) cover with canvas
- She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks
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(v) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
- analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
- analyze your real motives