CANVAS

Definition:

1. [noun] heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
   
   
2. [noun] an oil painting on canvas
   
   
3. [noun] the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
   
   
4. [noun] a tent made of canvas
   Synonyms: tent
   
   
5. [noun] a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
   Synonyms: sail, sheet
   
   
6. [noun] the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
   
   
7. [verb] solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
   
   
8. [verb] get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
   Synonyms: poll
   
   
9. [verb] cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
   
   
10. [verb] 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"
    Synonyms: analyze, analyse, study, examine
    
    

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Related Words:

• circularize
• circularize, circularise
• anatomize
• diagnose, name
• diagnose
• survey, appraise
• survey
• compare
• check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
• assay
• review, reexamine
• audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect
• screen
• trace, follow
• investigate, look into
• sieve, sift
• view, consider, look at
• tarpaulin, tarp
• circus tent, big top, round top, top
• field tent
• Sibley tent
• wall tent
• balloon sail
• crossjack, mizzen course
• fore-and-aft sail
• foresail
• headsail
• mainsail
• main-topsail
• press of sail, press of canvas
• royal
• save-all
• skysail
• square sail
• topgallant, topgallant sail
• topsail

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