| VERB | emotion | galvanize, startle, galvanise | to stimulate to action |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | galvanize, galvanise | cover with zinc | |
| body | galvanize, galvanise | stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock |
| Sounds | gae'lvahnay.z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | To stimulate to action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
| Model | The bad news will galvanize him; The good news will galvanize her; The performance is likely to galvanize Sue | |
| Example | "galvanized into action" | |
| Synonyms | startle, galvanise | |
| Broader | shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback | surprise greatly |
| Spanish | galvanizar, sobresaltar | |
| Nouns | galvanization | stimulation that arouses a person to lively action |
| galvanizer | a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | |
| Meaning | Cover with zinc. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "galvanize steel" | |
| Synonym | galvanise | |
| Broader | coat, surface | Put a coat on |
| Spanish | galvanizar | |
| Catalan | galvanitzar | |
| Nouns | galvanization | either the work of covering with metal / metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting |
| galvanizer | a skilled worker who coats / coats iron or steel with zinc | |
| Meaning | stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | galvanise | |
| Broader | shock | subject to electrical shocks |
| Spanish | electrolizar, espabilar, estimular, galvanizar | |
| Catalan | galvanitzar | |
| Nouns | galvanism | the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) |
| galvanization | stimulation with a galvanic current | |
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