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canvas



I - noun
1. a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) (Freq. 7)
Syn:
canvass
Hypernyms:
fabric, cloth, material, textile
Hyponyms:
tarpaulin, tarp
Substance Meronyms:
hemp
2. an oil painting on canvas fabric (Freq. 3)
Syn:
canvass
Hypernyms:
oil painting
3. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account (Freq. 1)
- the crowded canvas of history
- the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
Syn:
canvass
Hypernyms:
setting, background, scope
4. a tent made of canvas fabric (Freq. 1)
Syn:
canvas tent, canvass
Hypernyms:
tent, collapsible shelter
Hyponyms:
circus tent, big top, round top, top, field tent,
Sibley tent, wall tent
5. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
Syn:
sail, canvass, sheet
Derivationally related forms:
sail (for: sail)
Hypernyms:
piece of cloth, piece of material
Hyponyms:
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
Part Holonyms:
sailing vessel, sailing ship
Part Meronyms:
reef
6. the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
- the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
Syn:
canvass
Hypernyms:
mat, gym mat
Part Holonyms:
ring

II - verb
1. solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
Syn:
canvass
Derivationally related forms:
canvasser, canvass (for: canvass)
Hypernyms:
solicit, beg, tap
Hyponyms:
circularize
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
Syn:
poll, canvass
Derivationally related forms:
canvasser, canvasser (for: canvass), canvass (for: canvass), poll (for: poll)
Hypernyms:
survey
Hyponyms:
circularize, circularise
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. cover with canvas
- She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks
Hypernyms:
cover
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. 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
Syn:
analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass
Derivationally related forms:
examination (for: examine), study (for: study), analyser (for: analyse), analyst (for: analyze), analysis (for: analyze)
Hyponyms:
anatomize, diagnose, name, survey, appraise,
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,
trace, investigate, sieve, sift, view,
consider, look at
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

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