canvass vs canvas
Definitions
noun
- an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- a tent made of canvas fabric
- the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- an oil painting on canvas fabric
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
verb
- solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
- get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Examples
Liberal Democrat canvass returns looked great.
The council has been canvassing local opinion/local people to get their thoughts on the proposed housing development.
Dairy Crest are suing Mr Rollings for damages, claiming he canvassed for custom while he was still working for them.
Definitions
verb
- cover with canvas
noun
- a tent made of canvas fabric
- the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- an oil painting on canvas fabric
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
Examples
Background-position: background image in the canvas element in the targeted space, designated the upper left corner of the image relative to the level of canvas and vertical spacing interval .
Twice through the following night was I wakened by the boat being hurled upon her beam-ends by the blows of the seas; but she righted easily, and took scarce any water, the canvas proving a very roof of safety.
Robert Dossie described three categories of watercolor painting — miniature, the most delicate; distemper, which is coarser, uses less expensive colors in a glue or casein binder, and is appropriate for canvas hangings, ceilings, and other interior decorative painting purposes; and fresco. reference As a technique practiced by the Romans, fresco painting was a subject of particularly interest in the antiquity-obsessed eighteenth-century.
