Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) canvas, canvass (the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account) "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
S: (n) canvas, canvass (an oil painting on canvas fabric)
S: (n) canvas, canvass (the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete) "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
S: (n) canvas, canvass (a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents))
Verb
S: (v) poll, canvass (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)
S: (v) canvass (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)
S: (v) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass (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"
S: (v) survey, appraise (consider in a comprehensive way) "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"
S: (v) survey (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)
S: (v) compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of) "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"
S: (v) screen (examine methodically) "screen the suitcases"
S: (v) trace, follow (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something) "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress"; "trace one's ancestry"