Dictionary entry details
• CANVASS (noun)
Meaning:
The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
canvass; canvas
Context examples:
the crowded canvas of history / the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
Hypernyms ("canvass" is a kind of...):
background; scope; setting (the state of the environment in which a situation exists)
Meaning:
An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
public opinion poll; poll; opinion poll; canvass
Hypernyms ("canvass" is a kind of...):
enquiry; inquiry; research (a search for knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canvass"):
straw poll; straw vote (an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue)
exit poll (a poll of voters as they leave the voting place; usually taken by news media in order to predict the outcome of an election)
Meaning:
A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
sail; canvass; canvas; sheet
Hypernyms ("canvass" is a kind of...):
piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canvass"):
royal (a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast)
save-all (a sail set to catch wind spilled from a 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)
press of canvas; press of sail (the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely)
main-topsail (a topsail set on the mainmast)
mainsail (the lowermost sail on the mainmast)
headsail (any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel)
foresail (the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel)
fore-and-aft sail (any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction)
crossjack; mizzen course (the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast)
balloon sail (any light loose sail)
Holonyms ("canvass" is a part of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
Meaning:
A tent made of canvas fabric
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
canvas tent; canvass; canvas
Hypernyms ("canvass" is a kind of...):
collapsible shelter; tent (a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canvass"):
big top; circus tent; round top; top (a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance)
field tent (a canvas tent for use in the field)
Sibley tent (a light conical canvas tent erected on a tripod with ventilation at the top)
wall tent (a canvas tent with four vertical walls)
Meaning:
An oil painting on canvas fabric
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
canvas; canvass
Hypernyms ("canvass" is a kind of...):
oil painting (a picture painted with oil paints)
Meaning:
The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
canvass; canvas
Context example:
the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
Hypernyms ("canvass" is a kind of...):
gym mat; mat (sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports)
Holonyms ("canvass" is a part of...):
ring (a square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle)
Meaning:
A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
canvas; canvas fabric; canvass fabric; canvass
Hypernyms ("canvass" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Meronyms (substance of "canvass"):
hemp (a plant fiber)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canvass"):
tarp; tarpaulin (waterproofed canvas)
• CANVASS (verb)
Meaning:
Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
canvass; poll; canvas
Hypernyms (to "canvass" is one way to...):
survey (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "canvass"):
circularise; circularize (canvass by distributing letters)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
canvas; canvass
Hypernyms (to "canvass" is one way to...):
beg; solicit; tap (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "canvass"):
circularize (canvass by using a questionnaire)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
analyse; analyze; study; examine; canvass; canvas
Context examples:
analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare / analyze the evidence in a criminal trial / analyze your real motives
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "canvass"):
consider; look at; view (look at carefully; study mentally)
sieve; sift (check and sort carefully)
investigate; look into (investigate scientifically)
follow; trace (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something)
screen (examine methodically)
audit; inspect; scrutinise; scrutinize (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification)
reexamine; review (look at again; examine again)
assay (analyze (chemical substances))
check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out (examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition)
compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)
survey (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)
appraise; survey (consider in a comprehensive way)
diagnose (subject to a medical analysis)
diagnose; name (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)
anatomize (analyze down to the smallest detail)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
