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Meaning of canvas

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  canvas
      n 1: a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs
           or sails or tents) [syn: {canvas}, {canvass}]
      2: an oil painting on canvas fabric [syn: {canvas}, {canvass}]
      3: the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account;
         "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a
         dramatic canvas of sound" [syn: {canvas}, {canvass}]
      4: a tent made of canvas fabric [syn: {canvas tent}, {canvas},
         {canvass}]
      5: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of
         which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel [syn: {sail},
         {canvas}, {canvass}, {sheet}]
      6: the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or
         professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up
         off the canvas" [syn: {canvas}, {canvass}]
      v 1: solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral
           campaign [syn: {canvass}, {canvas}]
      2: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
         [syn: {poll}, {canvass}, {canvas}]
      3: cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living
         room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
      4: 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" [syn: {analyze}, {analyse},
         {study}, {examine}, {canvass}, {canvas}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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