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Defenition of the word canvass

    • Defenition of the word canvass

      • To consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
      • An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.
      • heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
      • the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
      • an oil painting on canvas
      • the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history;" "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
      • solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
      • a tent made of canvas
      • get the opinions of people, for example
      • an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
      • a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
      • the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
      • 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"
      • get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
      • a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
      • the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
      • an oil painting on canvas fabric
      • a tent made of canvas fabric
      • a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
      • the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
      • consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

    Synonyms for the word canvass

      • ballot
      • campaign
      • canvas
      • canvas tent
      • drum up support
      • electioneer
      • investigate
      • poll
      • public opinion poll
      • research
      • sail
      • seek
      • sheet
      • solicit votes
      • survey
      • test

    Similar words in the canvass

      • canvass
      • canvassed
      • canvasser
      • canvasser's
      • canvassers
      • canvasses
      • canvassing

    Meronymys for the word canvass

      • hemp
      • ring
      • sailing ship
      • sailing vessel

    Hyponyms for the word canvass

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

    Hypernyms for the word canvass

      • background
      • beg
      • cloth
      • collapsible shelter
      • enquiry
      • fabric
      • gym mat
      • inquiry
      • mat
      • material
      • oil painting
      • piece of cloth
      • piece of material
      • research
      • scope
      • setting
      • solicit
      • survey
      • tap
      • tent
      • textile

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