Synonym: analyse, analyze, canvas fabric, canvas tent, canvass, canvass fabric, examine, poll, sail, sheet, study. Similar words: invasion, vast, invade, in vain, vassal, devastating. Meaning: ['kænvəs] n. 1. a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) 2. an oil painting on canvas fabric 3. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account 4. a tent made of canvas fabric 5. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel 6. the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete. v. 1. solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign 2. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions 3. cover with canvas 4. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
Random good picture Not show
31. Two small canvas chairs were produced.
32. Two puddles take the sun in ribbon-patterned canvas chairs.
33. In this large canvas: Seurat varied the method considerably.
34. The area was screened by khaki canvas sheets.
35. This vast canvas had been consigned by Charles Saatchi.
36. But now he uses a computer to draw the designs, and the computer prints them out on canvas.
37. The back gate was raised, the canvas flaps lowered, and we were on our way.
38. He tried out the Helen Frankenthaler technique of staining raw canvas with diluted paint.
39. On a large canvas the successive stages of this incident were rendered in muddy greens and browns.
40. Two canvas chairs were placed side by side in a machine that begged comparison with the Wright brothers' first efforts.
41. A search of the outside store revealed two folding canvas garden chairs, dilapidated but useable.
42. Life under canvas these days can be positively luxurious when you go with firms like Eurocamp.
43. He wore a canvas duster over his overalls that came down to his ankles.
44. I was comforted by the little natural light that seeped through the canvas.
45. Marks appear weighty and assertive if driven on to the canvas with a painting knife.
46. On the floor of the last room stood a tall canvas bag laced at the top.
47. He fished out some long canvas bags from the barn and told me the picking started at dawn.
48. Through an amplifier, the New York maintains its acoustic brightness and bluntly refuses to be anything other than a blank canvas.
49. I lay back on the hot canvas of a recliner and closed my eyes, soaking it in.
50. Leslie, the older one, had tied a white canvas sack around his shoulder.
51. Who, in passing, it might be noted, wore not boots nor shoes but canvas sneakers.
51. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
52. The ground was soft and spongy and in only a few paces her canvas shoes were soaked.
53. With the tent flap closed, the heat had been building up under the canvas.
54. Alice saw on the desk that there was a white canvas bag in which stacks of notes had already been put.
55. He is sitting at our camp now, holding a mug of our tea, relaxing on a canvas chair.
56. After the accident on 3 June the painting was concealed behind tarpaulins to allow experts to start repairing the canvas.
57. She has a 131 canvas bag, so perhaps there's something more suitable in that.
58. Jones received medical attention on the canvas and spent the night in hospital for observation.
59. You can buy plain canvas to create your own design and there's a choice of wool or mixed fibres.
60. And don't I tell you not to break the back down and wear your canvas shoes like slippers?