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Word: Canalize
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkanəlʌɪz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
convert (a river) into a navigable canal
Short Definition:convert river into navigable canal
Examples:- successive railway engineers were to divert and canalize many miles of river
Definition:
convey (something) through a duct or channel
Short Definition:convey something through duct or channel
Examples:- a narrow strait can so canalize the tide that a powerful current is developed
Variant Forms:
- canalise
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