CANALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they canalize ... he / she / it canalizes

Past simple: canalized

Past participle: canalized

-ing form: canalizing

Meaning:

Provide (a city) with a canal

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)