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canalize

[ kan-l-ahyz, kuh-nal-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

canalized, canalizing.
  1. to make a canal or canals through.
  2. to convert into a canal.
  3. to divide (a stream) into reaches with locks or dams, usually to maintain navigable depths.
  4. to divert into certain channels; give a certain direction to or provide a certain outlet for.


canalize

/ ˈæəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to provide with or convert into a canal or canals
  2. to give a particular direction to or provide an outlet for; channel
  3. to divide a channel into separate reaches controlled by dams and weirs to aid navigation, control water levels, generate power, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԲˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲc·Բi adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of canalize1

First recorded in 1850–55; canal + -ize
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Making music, “you are away, somehow, from real tragedies, but you can canalize everything that you are feeling and suffering from into something that becomes a moment,” Tanja continued.

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It’s really a small stream that was canalized by the Victorians, who wanted to get the water off the land as quickly as possible to make every inch available for agriculture.

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“We designed a very good campaign to flush them out and pressure them and canalize them into the chosen engagement areas,” he said.

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Into these cisterns they evidently canalized the rains, which descended by a trough from the hills and of which the supply was undoubtedly scant.

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The propagandist is a man who canalizes an already existing stream.

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