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canalize
[kan-l-ahyz, kuh-nal-ahyz]
verb (used with object)
to make a canal or canals through.
to convert into a canal.
to divide (a stream) into reaches with locks or dams, usually to maintain navigable depths.
to divert into certain channels; give a certain direction to or provide a certain outlet for.
canalize
/ ˈæəˌɪ /
verb
to provide with or convert into a canal or canals
to give a particular direction to or provide an outlet for; channel
to divide a channel into separate reaches controlled by dams and weirs to aid navigation, control water levels, generate power, etc
Other Word Forms
- uncanalized adjective
- ˌԲˈپDz noun
Example Sentences
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.
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.
“We designed a very good campaign to flush them out and pressure them and canalize them into the chosen engagement areas,” he said.
Into these cisterns they evidently canalized the rains, which descended by a trough from the hills and of which the supply was undoubtedly scant.
The propagandist is a man who canalizes an already existing stream.
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