to channelize
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7.9
- verb
- /ˈtʃænəlaɪz/
- US
:
canalizar
- Farmers are working to channelize the irrigation system to ensure that every field receives enough water.
- channelized creek
- channelized river
They want to channelize it to impress their neighbors or to make some money out of it or in some way use it.
- They want to channelize it to impress their neighbors or to make some money out of it or in some way use it.
Examples
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They want to channelize it to impress their neighbors or to make some money out of it or in some way use it.
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To improve traffic flow, they will channelize the roads around the construction site.
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You can try to channelize it to a positive way.
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Our little stretch of the river is one of the few sections that wasn't "channelized" by the Corps of Engineers and the water authority during the 60s and 70s.
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More than 10 million people live in areas at risk of extreme floods along the Rhine River, a heavily channelized waterway that no longer meanders but flows artificially straight.
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A similar watershed group is the Houston-area Buffalo Bayou Association, which began primarily to dissuade the Army Corps of Engineers from channelizing the remaining natural streams in the area.
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The two-decade-long field ethnographic survey known as the "Mexican Migration Project" has deepened our understanding of these channelized connections (Durand and Massey 2004).
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Closer to home, Pranab Mukherjee chose to play it safe in his first Diwali greeting as president, saying in a written statement that we should "channelize our energies towards vanquishing want and suffering and strive hard for collective growth."
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I breathed a big sigh of relief when he called me from the Hilton in Sioux City, Iowa, to report that he was clear of the shallows and would now be traveling in deep channelized rivers maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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The city engineers decided to channelize the river to prevent flooding in nearby neighborhoods.
Synonyms
617
3.7
To lead people in a performance or project
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1.0
To show someone the way by going with them
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1.6
To guide the direction of something, like a car or a conversation
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4.4
To direct feelings, energy, or money toward a goal
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4.1
To move something through a narrow opening or channel into one place
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3.5
To send something to a particular person or place
To direct water or other things into a particular path to control their movement
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word channelize comes from channel and the older word canal, both meaning 'a waterway', plus the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So to channelize something is to make a path for it or guide it into a channel, which is why we use it for directing water, traffic, or information.