canvas
kan vuhs
- n a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
- n an oil painting on canvas fabric
- n the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
the crowded canvas of history
the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound - n a tent made of canvas fabric
- n a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- n the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
the boxer picked himself up off the canvas - v solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
- v get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
- v cover with canvas
She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks - v consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- But even Hindmarch concedes that her canvas tote has its limits.
- Hirsi Ali used the woman's body as a canvas on which to display troubling verses from the Koran.
- Then great blazing patches of canvas fell.