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Noun canvassing has 1 sense
  1. electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing - persuasion of voters in a political campaign
    --1 is a kind of persuasion, suasion
,Verb canvass has 3 senses
  1. poll, canvass, canvas - get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
    --1 is one way to survey
    Derived forms: noun canvasser3, noun canvass2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. canvass, canvas - solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
    --2 is one way to solicit, beg, tap
    Derived form: noun canvass2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas - 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"
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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