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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
canvass
1. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
• Syn:
poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll
• Derivationally related forms:
pollster (for: poll), poll (for: poll)
• Hypernyms:
inquiry, enquiry, research
• Hyponyms:
exit poll, straw vote, straw poll
2. a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
• Syn:
canvas
• Hypernyms:
fabric, cloth, material, textile
• Hyponyms:
tarpaulin, tarp
• Substance Meronyms:
hemp
3. an oil painting on canvas fabric
• Syn:
canvas
• Hypernyms:
oil painting
4. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- the crowded canvas of history
- the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
• Syn:
canvas
• Hypernyms:
setting, background, scope
5. a tent made of canvas fabric
• Syn:
canvas tent, canvas
• Hypernyms:
tent, collapsible shelter
• Hyponyms:
circus tent, big top, round top, top, field tent,
Sibley tent, wall tent
6. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Syn:
sail, canvas, sheet
• Derivationally related forms:
sail (for: sail)
• Hypernyms:
piece of cloth, piece of material
• Hyponyms:
balloon sail, crossjack, mizzen course, fore-and-aft sail, foresail,
headsail, mainsail, main-topsail, press of sail, press of canvas, royal,
save-all, skysail, square sail, topgallant, topgallant sail, topsail
• Part Holonyms:
sailing vessel, sailing ship
• Part Meronyms:
reef
7. the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
- the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
• Syn:
canvas
• Hypernyms:
mat, gym mat
• Part Holonyms:
ring
1. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
poll, canvas
• Derivationally related forms:
canvasser (for: canvas), canvasser, poll (for: poll)
• Hypernyms:
survey
• Hyponyms:
circularize, circularise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
• Syn:
canvas
• Derivationally related forms:
canvasser (for: canvas)
• Hypernyms:
solicit, beg, tap
• Hyponyms:
circularize
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
- analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
- analyze your real motives
• Syn:
analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvas
• Derivationally related forms:
examination (for: examine), study (for: study), analyser (for: analyse), analyst (for: analyze), analysis (for: analyze)
• Hyponyms:
anatomize, diagnose, name, survey, appraise,
compare, check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out,
check over, go over, check into, assay, review, reexamine,
audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect, screen, trace,
trace, investigate, sieve, sift, view,
consider, look at
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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