GALVANIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does galvanize mean?
• GALVANIZE (verb)
The verb GALVANIZE has 3 senses:
1. to stimulate to action
2. cover with zinc
3. stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
Familiarity information: GALVANIZE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GALVANIZE (verb)
Meaning:
To stimulate to action
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
galvanise; galvanize; startle
Context examples:
..startled him awake / galvanized into action
Hypernyms (to "galvanize" is one way to...):
ball over; blow out of the water; floor; shock; stun; take aback (surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Sentence examples:
The bad news will galvanize him
The good news will galvanize her
The performance is likely to galvanize Sue
Meaning:
Cover with zinc
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
galvanise; galvanize
Context example:
galvanize steel
Hypernyms (to "galvanize" is one way to...):
coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
galvanise; galvanize
Hypernyms (to "galvanize" is one way to...):
shock (subject to electrical shocks)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
