What part of speech is canvasing?

Canvasing can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. canvasing is a verb, gerund of canvas (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does canvasing mean?

Definitions

Verb

canvas - cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
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"
canvas - get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
canvas - solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

Examples of canvasing

#   Sentence  
1. noun The boxer picked himself up off the canvas.
2. noun The crowded canvas of history.
3. noun The movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound.
Sentence  
noun
The boxer picked himself up off the canvas.
The crowded canvas of history.
The movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound.

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