to canvas
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6.8
- verb
- /ˈkænvəs/
:
cubrir con lona
- They decided to canvas the park to gather opinions before the new playground was built.
Examples
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To bring the people's voices to the forefront, Occupy the Debates worked with Occupy Denver and other local advocacy groups to canvas the community and determine their top concerns.
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Okay, I'm gonna need you guys to canvas the workers out there.
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Get a team to canvas the buildings across the street.
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- The rest of them should canvas the crime scenes again.
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You two canvas the stairs.
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In any event, I definitely agree that it makes more sense to canvas neighborhoods and actually get people out to vote than to hand out yard signs.
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Clara, Josiah asked me to canvas the neighborhood to just document some thoughts and comments, anything you feel like sharing, you know.
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Zillions of young political activists are sleeping on floors in strange cities in order to canvas in government housing projects and depressed rust belt towns.
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If Hillary runs, I will run back to the Democratic Party, checkbook in hand, volunteering to canvas and drive voters to the polls, whatever I can do.
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The volunteers will canvas the local shops to inform them about the upcoming event.
Synonyms
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4.3
To hang or cover something loosely with cloth
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4.3
To cover something with a new outer layer
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5.5
To cover something with cloth or leaves to give shade
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7.2
To cover something with a cloth or paper
To cover a rope with strips of cloth to protect it
Compounds
- Archaic
The most sail a ship can carry safely without turning over or being damaged
Surface Forms
Etymology
To canvas something at first meant to cover it with the heavy canvas cloth, so the verb still means to put canvas over or on an object.