canalize

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verb

1. provide (a city) with a canal
• Syn:
canal, canalise
• Derivationally related forms:
canalisation (for: canalise), canal (for: canalise), canalization, canal, canalisation (for: canal), canalization (for: canal), canal (for: canal)
• Hypernyms:
supply, provide, render, furnish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. direct the flow of
- channel information towards a broad audience
• Syn:
channel, canalise
• Derivationally related forms:
canalisation (for: canalise), canal (for: canalise), canalization, canal, channelization (for: channel), channelisation (for: channel), channel (for: channel)
• Hypernyms:
steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct,
point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They canalize the water from the sink