Canalize (original) (raw)

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I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they canalize Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it canalizes Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: canalized Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: canalized Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: canalizing Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide (a city) with a canalplay

Synonyms:

canal; canalise; canalize

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "canalize" 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)

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

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