• 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
• a tent made of canvas
• a large piece of fabric (as canvas) 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
• the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
• 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"
• get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
• solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

'Canvass' in other languages