canvas
To cover with canvasTo cover (an area or object) with canvas.
» This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
Diese Welt ist nur die Leinwand für unsere Phantasien. — Tamy
Этот мир не более чем полотно для нашего воображения. — odexed
Цей світ - лишень полотно для нашої уяви. — aandrusiak
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1 sensesTo cover (an area or object) with canvas.
cover with canvas
Examples
38 sentencesThis world is but canvas to our imaginations.
Цей світ - лишень полотно для нашої уяви. — aandrusiak
ruЭтот мир не более чем полотно для нашего воображения. — odexed
deDiese Welt ist nur die Leinwand für unsere Phantasien. — Tamy
This is a very famous canvas.
ruЭто очень известное полотно. — marafon
The future is a blank canvas.
That painter makes her own canvases.
ruЭта художница сама изготавливает холсты. — marafon
He swept his brush across the canvas.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English canevas, from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French canevas (compareFrom Middle English canevas, from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French canevas (compare Old French chanevas, chenevas) from a root derived from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Compare French canevas, resulting from a blend of the Old French and a Picard dialect word, itself from Old Northern French. Doublet of cannabis and hemp.
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Forms
canvases, canvasing, canvased, canvasedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle