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canvass

English

🔊 a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
🔊 the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
“the boxer picked himself up off the canvas”
🔊 an oil painting on canvas fabric
🔊 the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
“the crowded canvas of history”
🔊 a tent made of canvas fabric
🔊 a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
🔊 an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
🔊 solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
🔊 get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
🔊 consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
“analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare”