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canvas 
noun
- heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
Synonyms: canvass - an oil painting on canvas
Synonyms: canvass - the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
Synonyms: canvass - a tent made of canvas
Synonyms: canvass, canvas tent - a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
Synonyms: canvass, sail, sheet - the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
Synonyms: canvass
verb
- solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
Synonyms: canvass - get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
Synonyms: canvass, poll - cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
- 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"
Synonyms: analyse, analyze, canvass, examine, study
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