Crossword-Solution: CANVASS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Canvass | n. | To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. |
| Canvass | n. | To examine by discussion; to debate. |
| Canvass | n. | To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions. |
| Canvass | v. i. | To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for. |
| Canvass | n. | Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes. |
| Canvass | n. | Examination in the way of discussion or debate. |
| Canvass | n. | Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc. |
We have 71 clues for the answer “CANVASS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| enlist support | 1 answer |
| Conduct an opinion poll | 1 answer |
| Go house-to-house for votes | 1 answer |
| House-to-house poll | 1 answer |
| Solicit political support | 1 answer |
| Solicit support | 1 answer |
| Solicit support from, as voters | 1 answer |
| Solicit support, in a way | 1 answer |
| Solicit votes | 1 answer |
| Take a survey of | 1 answer |
| EFFORT to gain support | 2 answers |
| Seek votes | 2 answers |
| discept | 3 answers |
| drum up | 4 answers |
| check over | 8 answers |
| polls | 10 answers |
| hustings | 10 answers |
| Voting ___ | 10 answers |
| Electioneering. | 11 answers |
| candidature | 13 answers |
| Tout | 15 answers |
| Rostrum | 16 answers |
| ANSWERS, TRY TO GET | 17 answers |
| official journal | 19 answers |
| house organ | 20 answers |
| open letter | 20 answers |
| trade organ | 20 answers |
| trade publication | 22 answers |
| Talk about | 25 answers |
| Solicit | 25 answers |
| Ventilate | 27 answers |
| Relay | 33 answers |
| DIGGING ___ | 33 answers |
| exploration | 33 answers |
| Drum. | 34 answers |
| Blazon | 35 answers |
| Research | 35 answers |
| Gazette | 36 answers |
| Placard | 37 answers |
| tell the world | 37 answers |
| Inquest | 42 answers |
| Campaign | 43 answers |
| publicise | 43 answers |
| Vote | 43 answers |
| Journal | 44 answers |
| Inspection | 44 answers |
| Scrutiny | 45 answers |
| AUDIT ___ | 47 answers |
| probing | 48 answers |
| Proclaim | 49 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CANVASS (5)
When he was out on a canvass, his name was a lodestone which drew the farmers to his stump from fifty miles around.
The homely palaces of the higher Priests, at one time so ardently sought after, lay many of them empty, because not even one candidate came forward now to canvass for election.
His first attempt on politics was made under the auspices of what is called the missionary party, and the canvass conducted largely (it is said with tears) on the platform at prayer-meetings.
But the same cabal which opposed him in his hereditary dominions, laboured also to counteract him in his canvass for the imperial dignity.
The mob hitherto had been passive spectators of the scene, but as the intelligence of the Pickwickians being informers was spread among them, they began to canvass with considerable vivacity the propriety of enforcing the heated pastry-vendor’s proposition: and there is no saying what acts of personal aggression they might have committed, had not the affray been unexpectedly terminated by the interposition of a new-comer.
Quotes with CANVASS (3)
Such is my relationship with God: on my gigantic canvass of life, I am the one throwing all of the brightly-colored paints, creating genuine splatters, authentic whirlpools of color, beautiful patterns, wonderful streaks and stains and wild accents; God is the one with the paintbrush who stands beside my canvass filling all the intricate and amazing details in between the whirlpools and the streaks! We're happy together!
Writing, music, sculpting, painting, and prayer! These are the three things that are most closely related! Writers, musicians, sculptors, painters, and the faithful are the ones who make things out of nothing. Everybody else, they make things out of something, they have materials! But a written work can be done with nothing, it can begin in the soul! A musical piece begins with a harmony in the soul, a sculpture begins with a formless, useless piece of rock chiseled and forme…
I can't help thinking of Jackson Pollock, who poured, splattered and lashed the canvass with strings of paint. His process was about snaring not only a vision, but the moment the vision occurred to him. The paint becomes a net cast around something too fast to be caught. The bare spaces between the net's strands are as significant as the strands themselves because they hint at what can't be painted, can't be described.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1988–2021).