(n) a bodily organ that contracts

(n) someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things

(n) (law) a party to a contract

(n) the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps

(n) inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"

(n) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"

(n) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity"

(n) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

(n) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

(n) in a state of progressive putrefaction

(n) general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas"

(n) the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term"

(n) the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used

(n) a current state of general acceptance and use

(n) heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

(n) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"

(n) an oil painting on canvas

(n) a tent made of canvas

(n) a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

(n) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"

(v) 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"

(v) cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"

(v) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

(v) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

(n) (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions

(n) (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe

(n) the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos

(n) a state of extreme confusion and disorder

(a) having a strong belief or conviction; "a convinced and fanatical pacifist"

(n) manner of acting or conducting yourself

(n) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

(v) lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

(v) lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"

(v) take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

(v) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

(v) direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"

(v) behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"