collection collecting assembling aggregation | the act of gathering something together |
conchology shell collecting | the collection and study of mollusc shells |
numismatics numismatology coin collecting coin collection | the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) |
philately stamp collecting stamp collection | the collection and study of postage stamps |
canvas canvass | a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) |
canvas canvass | the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete, the boxer picked himself up off the canvas |
canvas canvass | an oil painting on canvas fabric |
canvas tent canvas canvass | a tent made of canvas fabric |
sail canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
poll opinion poll public opinion poll canvass | an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people |
collect call | a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for |
collect | a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England |
electioneering bell ringing canvassing | persuasion of voters in a political campaign |
canvas canvass | the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account, the crowded canvas of history, the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound |
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 |
gather garner collect pull together | assemble or get together, gather some stones, pull your thoughts together |
collect pull in | get or bring together, accumulate evidence |
collect take in | call for and obtain payment of, we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts, he collected the rent |
roll up collect accumulate pile up amass compile hoard | get or gather together, I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife, She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis, She rolled up a small fortune |
collect pick up gather up call for | gather or collect, You can get the results on Monday, She picked up the children at the day care center, They pick up our trash twice a week |
poll canvass canvas | get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions |
canvass canvas | solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign |
collect cod | payable by the recipient on delivery, a collect call, the letter came collect, a COD parcel |
collected equanimous poised self-collected self-contained self-possessed | in full control of your faculties, the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination, perfectly poised and sure of himself, more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen, strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble |
collected gathered | brought together in one place, the collected works of Milton, the gathered folds of the skirt |
collect | make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays, call collect, send a package collect |