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canalising

canalising is the present participle and gerund of canalise.

Meaning of canalise

Verb

canalise (third-person singular simple present canalises, present participle canalising, simple past and past participle canalised)

  1. (UK, transitive) To convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal.
    • . . . owing to the recent commencement of works about to be carried on on a large scale to improve and canalise the navigation of the Ebro . . .1854, David Thomas Ansted, Scenery, Science and Art: being extracts from the note-book of a geologist and mining engineer
  2. (UK, transitive) To build a canal through.
  3. (UK, transitive) To channel the flow of.
    • On the desk lay the final version of the Birth Control speech, mastered and canalized by the skilful Maisie.1927, Edith Wharton, Twilight Sleep, London: Virago, published 1996, page 221

Questions about canalising

What is canalising the present participle and gerund of?
Canalising is the present participle and gerund of canalise.

Words near canalising in the dictionary

  1. canalisation
  2. canalisations
  3. canalise
  4. canalised
  5. canalises
  6. canalising
  7. canalith
  8. canalithiasis
  9. canaliths
  10. canalizable
  11. canalization

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