What is the meaning of canvas?

noun

• A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents.
  • synonyms: canvass
• An oil painting on canvas fabric.
  • synonyms: canvass
• The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account.
  • usage: "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
  • synonyms: canvass
• A tent made of canvas fabric.
  • synonyms: canvas tent, canvass
• A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
  • synonyms: sail, canvass, sheet
• The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete.
  • usage: "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
  • synonyms: canvass

verb

• Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign.
  • synonyms: canvass
• Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions.
  • synonyms: poll, canvass
• Cover with canvas.
  • usage: "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
• Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
  • usage: "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
  • synonyms: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass