Definitions for canvas

Definitions for (noun) canvas

Main entry: canvas, canvass

Definition: a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)


Main entry: canvas, canvass

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


Main entry: canvas, canvass

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


Main entry: canvas, canvass

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


Definitions for (verb) canvas

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


Main entry: canvas, canvass

Definition: solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign


Visual thesaurus for canvas