Definition of Canvas

Noun: canvas kan-vus

A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing, chairs, sails or tents)
- canvass
An oil painting on canvas fabric
- canvass
The setting for a narrative, fictional or dramatic account
"the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound";
- canvass
A tent made of canvas fabric
- canvas tent, canvass
A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- sail, 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";
- canvass

Verb: canvas (canvassed,canvassing, or [US] canvased,canvasing) kan-vus

Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
- canvass
Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
- poll, canvass
Cover with canvas
Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- analyze [N. Amer], analyse [Brit, Cdn], study, examine, canvass