canvas

canvas

heavy fabric used for making sails; a tent; an oil painting
Not to be confused with:canvass – to discuss thoroughly; solicit votes; seek opinions; poll: canvass the neighborhood

can·vas

C0079300 (kăn′vəs)n.1. A heavy, coarse, closely woven fabric of cotton, hemp, or flax, traditionally used for tents and sails.2. a. A piece of such fabric on which a painting, especially an oil painting, is executed.b. A painting executed on such fabric.3. A fabric of coarse open weave, used as a foundation for needlework.4. The background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative: a grim portrait of despair against the bright canvas of the postwar economy.5. Nautical A sail or set of sails.6. a. A tent or group of tents.b. A circus tent.7. Sports The floor of a ring in which boxing or wrestling takes place.Idiom: under canvas1. Nautical With sails spread.2. In a tent or tents.

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[Middle English canevas, from Old French and from Medieval Latin canavāsium, both ultimately from Latin cannabis, hemp; see cannabis.]

canvas

(ˈkænvəs) n1. (Textiles) a. a heavy durable cloth made of cotton, hemp, or jute, used for sails, tents, etcb. (as modifier): a canvas bag. 2. (Art Terms) a. a piece of canvas or a similar material on which a painting is done, usually in oilsb. a painting on this material, esp in oils3. a tent or tents collectively4. (Nautical Terms) nautical any cloth of which sails are made5. (Nautical Terms) nautical the sails of a vessel collectively6. (Knitting & Sewing) any coarse loosely woven cloth on which embroidery, tapestry, etc, is done7. (Boxing) the canvas the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring8. (Rowing) rowing the tapering covered part at either end of a racing boat, sometimes referred to as a unit of length: to win by a canvas. 9. in tents10. (Nautical Terms) nautical with sails unfurled[C14: from Norman French canevas, ultimately from Latin cannabis hemp]

can•vas

(ˈkæn vəs)

n. 1. a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used esp. for tents, sails, etc. 2. a piece of this or similar material on which a painting is made. 3. a painting on canvas. 4. a tent, or tents collectively. 5. sails collectively. 6. any mesh-weave fabric of linen, hemp, etc., esp. one used as a ground in needlepoint. 7. the floor of a boxing ring, traditionally covered with canvas. [1225–75; Middle English canevas < Anglo-French, Old North French « Latin cannab(is) hemp]

Canvas

 paintings collectively; sails collectively; tents collectively; also used figuratively to mean ‘a wide range, a large expanse.’Example: canvas of fancy, 1822.

canvas

The floor of the ring.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	canvas - a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)canvasscloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"tarp, tarpaulin - waterproofed canvashemp - a plant fiber
	2.	canvas - an oil painting on canvas fabriccanvassoil painting - a picture painted with oil paints
	3.	canvas - the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"canvassscope, setting, background - the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
	4.	canvas - a tent made of canvas fabric canvas tent, canvassbig top, circus tent, round top, top - a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had the big top up in less than an hour"field tent - a canvas tent for use in the fieldSibley tent - a light conical canvas tent erected on a tripod with ventilation at the topcollapsible shelter, tent - a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek"wall tent - a canvas tent with four vertical walls
	5.	canvas - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vesselsail, canvass, sheetballoon sail - any light loose sailcrossjack, mizzen course - the lowermost sail on a mizzenmastfore-and-aft sail - any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft directionforesail - the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vesselreef - one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the windheadsail - any sail set forward of the foremast of a vesselmainsail - the lowermost sail on the mainmastmain-topsail - a topsail set on the mainmastpiece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabricpress of canvas, press of sail - the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safelyroyal - a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mastsailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several mastssave-all - a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sailskysail - the sail above the royal on a square-riggersquare sail - a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a masttopgallant, topgallant sail - a sail set on a yard of a topgallant masttopsail - a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
	6.	canvas - the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"canvassgym mat, mat - sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sportsring - a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
Verb	1.	canvas - solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaigncanvasssolicit, beg, tap - make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"circularize - canvass by using a questionnaire
	2.	canvas - get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questionscanvass, pollsurvey - make a survey of; for statistical purposescircularise, circularize - canvass by distributing letters
	3.	canvas - cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	4.	canvas - 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"analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvassanatomize - analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"diagnose, name - determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysisdiagnose - subject to a medical analysissurvey, appraise - consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"survey - make a survey of; for statistical purposescompare - examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, suss out, look into, go over - examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"assay - analyze (chemical substances)reexamine, review - look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation"audit, scrutinise, scrutinize, inspect - examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns"screen - examine methodically; "screen the suitcases"trace, follow - follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"investigate, look into - investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"sieve, sift - check and sort carefully; "sift the information"look at, view, consider - look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem"

Translations

一幅油画帆布油画布粗帆布

canvas

(ˈkӕnvəs) – plural ˈcanvases – noun1. (also adjective) (of) a coarse cloth made of hemp or flax etc, used for sails, tents etc, and for painting on. canvas sails. 粗帆布，油畫布 粗帆布，油画布 2. (a piece of canvas for) a painting. He painted twenty canvases. 一幅油畫 一幅油画under canvas in tents. living under canvas. 在帆布帳篷內 过帐蓬生活的

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