Definitions For Canvass

noun

• A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
• The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
• An oil painting on canvas fabric
• A tent made of canvas fabric
• A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
• The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

verb

• Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
• Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
• Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
• To ask (the people in an area) what they think about a candidate, project, idea, etc.
• To talk to the people in an area in order to get them to support a candidate, project, idea, etc.
• To look at or consider (something) carefully