Meaning of 'canvas' in Samoan is: ie māfiafia

canvas: ie māfiafia

Noun:

ie māfiafia, valiata, vaaiga, ie, lafu mamoe, lafu, folau, 'au.

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Noun(1) a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents(2) an oil painting on canvas fabric(3) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account(4) a tent made of canvas fabric(5) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric(6) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete(7) heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)(8) an oil painting on canvas(9) a tent made of canvas(10) a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel(11) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers orprofessional wrestlers compete(12) coarse material(13) painting on coarse material
Verb(1) cover with canvas(2) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign(3) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions(4) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

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(1) He makes a detailed drawing before he starts painting with oils on canvas or linen.(2) Ropes, canvas , tent poles, rugs, and oil for lamps were all there.(3) The final piece is a blank canvas accompanied by a block of dense text larger than the work itself.(4) Eventually he saw them; the large wooden wagons covered with heavy canvas cloth and drawn by oxen.(5) Dacron sails have also largely replaced canvas sailcloth.(6) If politics was one thread weaving through the canvas of John MacKenna's young life, then teaching was another.(7) Within the first minute Chavez walked into a Morales right uppercut and he hit the canvas .(8) Pulling out a final sprint Todorovich and Popovic reduced a boat length deficit down to a canvas as they closed in on Greece.(9) New Zealand had the best of the start holding half a canvas at 500 gone.(10) The fabrics include washed denims, soft poplins, heavy canvas , twills, and yarn-dyed plaids.(11) In their first meeting, Zulu knocked out Kamanga in the first round but the challenger accused Zulu of wrestling him to the canvas .(12) The other times Louis hit the canvas was a result of what is commonly referred to as a flash knockdown.(13) Behind them hundreds of canvas tents stretch into the flat spaces of the desert.(14) a canvas bag(15) They may be school children but this does not stop them from weaving stories on canvas .(16) Under the dripping red and white striped canvas of her tent, the secretary of Appleby Show summed up the day.