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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.
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.
To galvanize someone means to cause them to take action, for example by making them feel very excited, afraid, or angry.
to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way: Western charities were galvanized by TV pictures of starving people. galvanize someone into action The prospect of his mother coming to stay galvanized him into action and he started cleaning the house. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
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 meaning: 1 : to cause (people) to become so excited or concerned about an issue, idea, etc., that they want to do something about it; 2 : to cause (a force that is capable of causing change) to become active.
GALVANIZE definition: to make someone suddenly decide to do something: . Learn more.
to stimulate to action; excite; startle. to cover (iron, steel, etc) with a protective zinc coating by dipping into molten zinc or by electrodeposition. to stimulate by application of an electric current.
