Canalise (original) (raw)

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Pronunciation (US):		(GB):

I. (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they canalise ... he / she / it canalises

Past simple: canalised

Past participle: canalised

-ing form: canalising

Meaning:

Provide (a city) with a canal

Synonyms:

canal; canalise; canalize

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "canalise" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)

canalisation (the production of a canal or a conversion to canals)