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