| NOUN | artifact | canvas, canvass | a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) |
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| artifact | canvas, canvass | an oil painting on canvas fabric | |
| state | canvas, canvass | the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account | |
| artifact | canvas, canvas tent, canvass | a tent made of canvas fabric | |
| artifact | canvas, sail, canvass, sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | |
| artifact | canvas, canvass | the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete | |
| VERB | social | canvas, canvass | solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign |
| social | canvas, poll, canvass | get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions | |
| contact | canvas | cover with canvas | |
| cognition | canvas, analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning / meaning |
| Sounds | kae'nvahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1131 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents). | |
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| Synonym | canvass | |
| Narrower | tarpaulin, tarp | waterproofed canvas |
| Broader | fabric, cloth, material, textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting / crocheting natural or synthetic fibers |
| Substances | hemp | A plant fiber |
| Meaning | An oil painting on canvas fabric. | |
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| Synonym | canvass | |
| Broader | oil painting | A picture painted with oil paints |
| Meaning | The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account. | |
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| Synonym | canvass | |
| Broader | setting, background, scope | The state of the environment in which a situation exists |
| Meaning | A tent made of canvas fabric. | |
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| Synonyms | canvas tent, canvass | |
| Narrower | Sibley tent | A light conical canvas tent erected on a tripod with ventilation at the top |
| circus tent, big top, round top, top | A canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance | |
| field tent | A canvas tent for use in the field | |
| wall tent | A canvas tent with four vertical walls | |
| Broader | tent, collapsible shelter | A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs) |
| Meaning | A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel. | |
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| Synonyms | sail, canvass, sheet | |
| Part of | sailing vessel, sailing ship | A vessel that is powered by the wind |
| Parts | reef | One of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind |
| Narrower | balloon sail | Any light loose sail |
| crossjack, mizzen course | The lowermost sail on a mizzenmast | |
| fore-and-aft sail | Any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction | |
| foresail | The lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | |
| headsail | Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel | |
| main-topsail | A topsail set on the mainmast | |
| mainsail | The lowermost sail on the mainmast | |
| press of sail, press of canvas | The greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely | |
| royal | A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast | |
| save-all | A sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger / larger sail | |
| skysail | The sail above the royal on a square-rigger | |
| square sail | A four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast | |
| topgallant, topgallant sail | A sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast | |
| topsail | A sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast | |
| Broader | piece of cloth, piece of material | A separate part consisting of fabric |
| Meaning | The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete. | |
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| Example | "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" | |
| Synonym | canvass | |
| Part of | ring | A platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle |
| Broader | mat, gym mat | sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports |
| Meaning | solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | canvass | |
| Narrower | circularize | canvass by using a questionnaire |
| Broader | solicit, beg, tap | make a solicitation / solicitation or entreaty for something |
| Nouns | canvasser | a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes |
| Meaning | Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | poll, canvass | |
| Narrower | circularize, circularise | canvass by distributing letters |
| Broader | survey | make a survey of |
| Nouns | canvasser | someone who conducts surveys of public opinion |
| Meaning | Cover with canvas. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks" | |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |