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- Dictionarygalvanize/ˈɡalvənʌɪz/
verb
- 1. shock or excite (someone) into taking action: "the urgency of his voice galvanized them into action"
- 2. coat (iron or steel) with a protective layer of zinc: "they promised they would galvanize the iron railings to prevent rusting"
noun
- 1. galvanized steel sheeting, as used for roofing or fencing: dialect West Indian "the rain was beating hard against Miss Orilie's galvanize"
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GALVANIZE definition: 1. to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way…. Learn more.
1. a. : to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically. galvanize a muscle. b. : to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock. an issue that would galvanize public opinion. 2. : to coat (iron or steel) with zinc.
GALVANIZE meaning: 1. to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way…. Learn more.
Galvanize definition: to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.. See examples of GALVANIZE used in a sentence.
To galvanize someone means to cause them to take action, for example by making them feel very excited, afraid, or angry.
The verb galvanize means to stimulate or incite someone into taking action. Your impassioned speech might galvanize the other members of the Ecology Club to start a school-wide recycling initiative. The word galvanize initially meant "to stimulate muscles by administering electric shocks."
verb. /ˈɡælvənaɪz/ ( British English also galvanise) Verb Forms. to make somebody take action by shocking them or by making them excited. The win galvanized the whole team. galvanize somebody into (doing) something The urgency of his voice galvanized them into action.
GALVANIZE definition: to make someone suddenly decide to do something: . Learn more.
To galvanize someone means to cause them to take action, for example by making them feel very excited, afraid, or angry. [...]
1. to stimulate to action; excite; startle. 2. (Metallurgy) to cover (iron, steel, etc) with a protective zinc coating by dipping into molten zinc or by electrodeposition. 3. (General Physics) to stimulate by application of an electric current. n. Caribbean galvanized iron, usually in the form of corrugated sheets as used in roofing.
