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1. Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
   - poll
    
2. Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
    
3. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
   - analyze [N. Amer], analyse [Brit, Cdn], study, examine

1. The setting for a narrative, fictional or dramatic account
   - canvas
    
2. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
   - poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll
    
3. A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
   - sail, canvas, sheet
    
4. A tent made of canvas fabric
   - canvas tent, canvas
    
5. An oil painting on canvas fabric
   - canvas
    
6. The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
   - canvas
    
7. A heavy, closely woven fabric
   - canvas

1. Cover with canvas

Sounds like: canvas

Derived forms: canvassing, canvasses

Type of: background, beg, cloth, collapsible shelter, cover, enquiry [Brit, Cdn], fabric, gym mat, inquiry, mat, material, oil painting, piece of cloth, piece of material, research, scope, setting, solicit, survey, tent, textile

Part of: ring, sailing ship, sailing vessel

Encyclopedia: Canvass