canvass
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(verb) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign |
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Synonyms: canvas |
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Related Words: beg, solicit, tap |
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(verb) get the opinions of people, for example |
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Synonyms: canvas, poll |
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Related Words: circularise, circularize, survey |
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(noun) heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) |
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Synonyms: canvas |
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Related Words: cloth, fabric, material, tarp, tarpaulin, textile |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: canvas |
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Related Words: mat |
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(noun) an oil painting on canvas |
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Synonyms: canvas |
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Related Words: oil painting |
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(noun) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history;" "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound" |
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Synonyms: canvas |
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Related Words: background, scope, setting |
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(noun) a tent made of canvas |
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Synonyms: canvas, canvas tent |
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Related Words: Sibley tent, big top, circus tent, collapsible shelter, field tent, round top, tent, top, wall tent |
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(noun) a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
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Synonyms: canvas, sail, sheet |
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Related Words: balloon sail, crossjack, fore-and-aft sail, fore-topsail, foresail, headsail, main-topsail, mainsail, mizzen course, piece of cloth, press of canvas, press of sail, royal, save-all, skysail, square sail, topgallant, topgallant sail, topsail |
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(noun) an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people |
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Synonyms: poll, public opinion poll |
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Related Words: enquiry, inquiry, research, straw vote |
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