canvas /kanˈvəs/

1. A coarse cloth made of cotton, hemp or other material, used for sails, tents, etc, and for painting on
2. The sails of a vessel collectively (nautical)
3. A tent or tents
4. A piece of stretched canvas, painted or to be painted
5. The covered front or back of a racing-boat, as in a canvas-length, win by a canvas (rowing)
6. Open-weave material on which embroidery or tapestry is worked
7. The floor of a boxing or wrestling ring
8. The background against which events occur (lit and figurative)

To cover or line with canvas

canˈvasback noun

A N American duck (Aythyra valisineria), with an ashy white back crossed by dark zigzag lines, closely related to the pochard

canˈvas-climber noun (Shakespeare)

A sailor

canˈvas-stretcher noun

A wooden frame on which canvas is stretched for oil-painting

canˈvas-work noun

Embroidery on canvas, or on cloth over which canvas has been laid to guide the stitches

under canvas

1. Having the sails unfurled, under sail
2. In a tent or tents

canvass /kanˈvəs/

1. To solicit votes, orders, contributions, etc from
2. To scrutinize (votes, etc) in order to establish their validity (chiefly N American)
3. To toss in a canvas blanket (obsolete)
4. Hence, to criticize roughly
5. To examine
6. To discuss thoroughly

1. To solicit votes, etc (with for)
2. To go from person to person seeking information

1. Close examination
2. A seeking or solicitation of votes, information, etc
3. A scrutiny of votes (chiefly N American)

canˈvasser noun

• underdresses
• underdressing
• underdrew
• underdrive
• under-driven
• underdrives
• underearth
• undereducated
• underemphasise
• underemphasised
• underemphasises
• underemphasising
• underemphasize
• underemphasized
• underemphasizes
• underemphasizing
• underemployed
• underemployment
• under-espial
• under-espials
• underestimate
• underestimated
• underestimates
• underestimating
• underestimation