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• n  the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
• n  an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
• n  a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• n  a tent made of canvas fabric
• n  an oil painting on canvas fabric
• n  the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
• n  a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
• 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
• 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
• v  get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
• v  solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
• v  consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
• 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 what really may have given the canvassing board pause was a sight that strikes fear in any Florida politician, especially elected Dade County judges .
• Reportedly lost 20 pounds while canvassing for her first seat in public office during her 1985 campaign to join the Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees.
• Just two hours after a near riot outside the counting room, the Miami-Dade canvassing board voted to shut down the count.

• canvas
• poll
• opinion poll
• public opinion poll
• sail
• sheet
• canvas tent
• analyze
• analyse
• study
• examine

News & Articles

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• Huachuca City recount moving forward
  HUACHUCA CITY — Following a brief special meeting to allow the town council to canvass last month’s general election results and request the recount of those results, two incumbents and one newly-elected council member were sworn into public offices on Monday. While the single vote separating the two candidates for mayor necessitates a recount by state law, any change in the final figures is not ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Sierra Vista Herald
• Dog wardens will canvass several townships for regulation violators
  This week dog wardens will canvass homes in Smithfield and Middle Smithfield townships to ensure dog owners have current licenses and rabies vaccinations for their dogs.
  June 11, 2013 - Pocono Record
• Dog wardens will canvass several townships for regulation violators
  This week dog wardens will canvass homes in Smithfield and Middle Smithfield townships to ensure dog owners have current licenses and rabies vaccinations for their dogs.
  June 11, 2013 - Pocono Record

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Washington Post
  What we are kicking off this weekend is what we are claiming is the biggest grass-roots canvass, this early, in presidential campaign history,said Obama. "We have people canvassing from New York to San Diego, all across the country."
• Peter Costello in Sydney Morning Herald
  Mr Costello says the top echelons of the Liberal Party spent the APEC summit "in parallel universes - face-to-face meetings with world leaders, then meetings at night to canvass Howard's departure".
• Tony Abbott in Melbourne Herald Sun
  Having now done a very full canvass of my colleagues, it's pretty clear that they want, at least in some senses, a break with the Howard era,Mr Abbott said. "I was a member of John Howard's Praetorian Guard, you might say."