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canvasing

canvasing is the present participle and gerund of canvas.

Meaning of canvas

Verb

canvas (third-person singular simple present canvases, present participle canvasing, simple past and past participle canvased)

  1. (transitive) To cover (an area or object) with canvas.

See all 10 meanings of canvas

Noun

canvasing (plural canvasings)

  1. The act of one who canvases or solicits.

Forms of canvasing

pluralcanvasings

Questions about canvasing

What does canvasing mean?
Canvasing means the act of one who canvases or solicits.
What is canvasing the present participle and gerund of?
Canvasing is the present participle and gerund of canvas.
What part of speech is canvasing?
Canvasing is a noun.
What is the plural of canvasing?
The plural of canvasing is canvasings.

Words near canvasing in the dictionary

  1. canvaser
  2. canvasers
  3. canvases
  4. canvasful
  5. canvasfuls
  6. canvasing
  7. canvasings
  8. canvasless
  9. canvaslike
  10. canvasman
  11. canvasmen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canvasing (page history and authors); canvas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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