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.
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. 
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91. Dressed in a white canvas slipcover, it has moved to the bed and bathrooms.
92. Six canvas stretchers were to be bought at a cost not exceeding ￡5.
93. However, as I suggested in Chapter 1, the basic assumptions of Beccaria's classical model suggest a much wider canvas.
94. No one but the boy had seen Varney when Floyd Johnson came back under the piece of canvas.
95. It will be recalled that Seurat was a pointillist who filled his canvas with dots.
96. Some artists prefer the springy sensitivity of an open canvas whilst others prefer the hardness or smoothness of a board.
97. In the darkness, he felt above his head, under the canvas canopy.
98. The mast had come down, but rags of the canvas sheets remained.
99. If you continue to buy canvas boards, look for those which are advertised as non-warping.
100. He had laid out a great canvas sheet before him, bearing different phials and small bowls.
101. You stumbled over them in the living room in the mornings; they lay on canvas cots in the hall.
102. Similarly, Colescott paints big, lush narrative acrylics on canvas, hard-hitting narrative works that travel across time and history.
103. The canvas bag she was carrying was awkward too and banged against her legs, threatening to trip her up.
104. The sky is clear blue, with a few cirrus clouds adding texture to what looks like a flawless blue canvas.
105. A white towel hung over its back and on the seat rested a brown canvas bag, its zip open.
106. My husband recollect when they used to climb up the stocks to put the owd canvas sails on the mill.
107. They painted the mural-like canvas that stretches along one whole wall.
108. This was just the ticket, I thought, sitting on my canvas chair, quietly digesting my cake.
109. What do you expect an artist to put on his canvas?
110. Near the fountain several people sat on canvas chairs, sewing.
111. The two bodies lay under canvas sheets on wickerwork mats supported by wooden trestles.
112. Takeji Fujishima, Reminiscence of the Tempyo Era, oil on canvas,(sentence dictionary) 1902.
113. You can even see the gesso oozing through the canvas weave in the reverse.
114. She dressed quickly in a white canvas skirt and navy cotton T-shirt.
115. The sight of these two storming along under a cloud of canvas is enough to stir the blood of most landlubbers.
116. The sky hung low, a cloudy canvas with swirls of dark purple and stormy greys.
117. Paul Collins uses various brushes, portable easels and aluminum frames to keep his canvas stretched.
118. With a decent sleeping bag, a night under canvas in even the bleakest of winters is cosy and restful.
119. Classic leather deck shoes are blue or white, but you can buy canvas versions in just about any colour you like.
120. Should the white canvas and the costume pearls be insincerely praised?