canvas : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: canvas	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for canvas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canvas n a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) Synonym(s): canvas, canvass an oil painting on canvas fabric Synonym(s): 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" Synonym(s): canvas, canvass a tent made of canvas fabric Synonym(s): canvas tent, canvas, canvass a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel Synonym(s): sail, canvas, canvass, sheet the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" Synonym(s): canvas, canvass v solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign Synonym(s): canvass, canvas get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions Synonym(s): poll, canvass, canvas cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks" 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" Synonym(s): analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canvas \Can"vas\, a. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canvas \Can"vas\, n. [OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL. canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. [?]. See {Hemp}.] 1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc. By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led. --Tennyson. 2. (a) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work. (b) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. --J. H. Newman. 3. Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas. To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see. --Goldsmith. Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. --Macaulay. 4. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. --Grabb.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Canvas, WV Zip code(s): 26662