Dictionary Entry
galvanize
galvanize is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 26 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.
- 2transitive verb
To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.
- 3transitive verb
To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity.
- 4transitive verb
To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron.
- 5verb
stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
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- 6verb
cover with zinc
"galvanize steel"
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- 7verb
to stimulate to action
"..startled him awake"
"galvanized into action"
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