1. poll, canvass, canvas -- (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)
2. canvass, canvas -- (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)
3. analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (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")
1. canvass, canvas -- (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)
2. poll, canvass, canvas -- (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)
3. canvas -- (cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks")
4. analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (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")
canvass can be used as a noun
1. canvas, canvass -- (the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound")
2. poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass -- (an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people)
3. sail, canvas, canvass, sheet -- (a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel)
4. canvas tent, canvas, canvass -- (a tent made of canvas fabric)
5. canvas, canvass -- (an oil painting on canvas fabric)
6. canvas, canvass -- (the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas")
7. canvas, canvass -- (a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents))
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I'll canvass thee in thy broad cardinal's hat. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare