Meaning

3 senses

  1. (UK, transitive)To convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal.

    kanalisieren

  2. (UK, transitive)To build a canal through.

    provide (a city) with a canal

  3. (UK, transitive)To channel the flow of.

    kanalisieren

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to convert into a canal:

Origin

From canal + -ise.

From canal + -ise.

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Forms

canalises, canalising, canalised, canalised
Base formcanalise · to canalise
3rd person singularcanalises
Present participlecanalising
Past simplecanalised
Past participlecanalised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycanalise
he, she, itcanalises

Past simpleLesson

all personscanalised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave canalised
he, she, ithas canalised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill canalise

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedcanalisationcanal
Deriveddecanaliserecanalise

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
CanadianB1canalB1canarycancelB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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