canalize

English Thesaurus

1. direct the flow of (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer,
definition	:	direct the course; determine the direction of travelling (verb.motion)

2. provide (a city) with a canal (verb.possession)

hypernym	:	furnish, provide, render, supply,
definition	:	give something useful or necessary to (verb.possession)

3. direct the flow of (verb.motion)

derivation	:	canalisation, canalization, channelisation, channelization,
definition	:	management through specified channels of communication (noun.act)

derivation	:	canal,
definition	:	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct,
definition	:	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (noun.body)

derivation	:	channel, communication channel, line,
definition	:	(often plural) a means of communication or access (noun.communication)

4. provide (a city) with a canal (verb.possession)

derivation	:	canalisation, canalization,
definition	:	the production of a canal or a conversion to canals (noun.act)

derivation	:	canal,
definition	:	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact)

5. direct the flow of (verb.motion)

derivation	:	canalisation, canalization, channelisation, channelization,
definition	:	management through specified channels of communication (noun.act)

derivation	:	canal,
definition	:	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct,
definition	:	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (noun.body)

derivation	:	channel, communication channel, line,
definition	:	(often plural) a means of communication or access (noun.communication)

6. provide (a city) with a canal (verb.possession)

derivation	:	canalisation, canalization,
definition	:	the production of a canal or a conversion to canals (noun.act)

derivation	:	canal,
definition	:	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact)