English dictionary

galvanize

/'g/&/lv/@/,n/aI/z/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

to stimulate to action

verb.emotion

Examples
Galvanized into action.

Synonyms galvanise startle

Source: WordNet 3.0
cover with zinc

verb.contact

Examples
Galvanize steel.

Synonyms galvanise

Source: WordNet 3.0
stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock

verb.body

Source: WordNet 3.0
To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.

verb

Source: webster1913