CANVAS

canvas, canvass

(noun) a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

canvas, canvass

(noun) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; “the boxer picked himself up off the canvas”

canvas, canvass

(noun) an oil painting on canvas fabric

sail, canvas, canvass, sheet

(noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

canvas, canvass

(noun) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; “the crowded canvas of history”; “the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound”

canvas

(verb) cover with canvas; “She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

canvas (plural canvasses or canvases) (see usage notes)

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.

A basis for creative work.

(computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.

(nautical) Sails in general.

A tent.

A painting, or a picture on canvas.

A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.

Alternative spelling of canvass.

Usage notes

The plural canvases is used primarily in the US, while the plural canvasses is used in the UK and most UK-influenced areas.

Verb

canvas (third-person singular simple present canvases, present participle canvasing, simple past and past participle canvased)

To cover an area or object with canvas.

Alternative spelling of canvass.

Source: Wiktionary

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Can"vas, n. Etym: [OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL. canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. Hemp.]

1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc. By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led. Tennyson.

2. (a) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work. (b) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. J. H. Newman.

3. Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas. To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see. Goldsmith. Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. Macaulay.

4. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. Grabb.

Can"vas, a.

Definition: Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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