• 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
• 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"
• cover with Canvas; "She Canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
• get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
• solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

'Canvas' in other languages