Galvanise

Definitions: Galvanise

Galvanise

Verb

1. To stimulate to action : "..startled him awake.".

2. Cover with zinc; as of steel, for example.

3. Stimulate by administering a shock; as of muscles.

"Galvanise" is a common misspelling or typo for: galvanism, galvanize, galvanized.

Synonyms by domain: electro-galvanising sludge (european union, metallurgy), galvanised pipe (mechanical engineering, mining), galvanised,lead-coated and other clad sheets (metallurgy), galvanising test (building & civil engineering, mechanical engineering), galvanising workshop (metallurgy, statistics), galvanized pipe (mechanical engineering, mining), galvanizing workshop (metallurgy, statistics), hot dip galvanised steel (metallurgy), hot dip galvanising, sludges deposited in electro-galvanising (european union, metallurgy).

"Galvanise" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 96.97% of the time. "Galvanise" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	96.97%	32	61,292
Lexical Verb (base form)	3.03%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	33	N/A

Language		Translations for "galvanise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		镀�"� (galvanising, galvanize, Galvanized, galvanizing, Zinced, Zincing, Zincked, Zincking). (various references)

Indonesian		galbani, menggalbani. (various references)

Italian		galvanizzare (galvanize, plate, zinc). (various references)

Pig Latin		alvanisegay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "galvanise": galvanised, galvanises. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-l-n-s-v"
	-1 letter: leavings, sleaving.
	-2 letters: agnails, alevins, anlages, galenas, gavials, glaives, lasagne, lavages, leasing, leaving, linages, salvage, salving, sealing, slaving, vaginae, vaginal, vaginas, valines, vealing.
	-3 letters: agaves, agnail, alevin, algins, aliens, aligns, alines, alvine, angels, angles, anlage, anvils, avails, avians, easing, elains, galeas, galena, ganevs, gavels, gavial, genial, givens, glaive, gleans, ingles, lagans, lanais, lasing, lavage, laving, levins, lianas, lianes, liangs, ligans, ligase, linage, lingas, livens, naives, nasial, navels, navies, salina, saline, saliva, salvia, savage, savine, saving, signal, silage, silane, silvae, silvan, single, snivel, vagile, vagina, valine, valise, vegans, veinal, venial, vinals, vineal, visage.
	-4 letters: aegis, again, agave, agile, aisle, alane, alang, alans, algae, algas, algin, alias, alien, align, aline, alive, angas, angel, angle, anile, anils, anise, anlas, ansae, anvil, avail, avens, avgas, avian, elain, elans, evils, gains, galas, galea, gales, ganev, gavel, given, gives, glans, glean, glens, glias, ingle, lagan, lanai, lanes, lavas, laves, leans, lenis, levin, liana, liane, liang, liens, ligan, lines, linga, lings, liven, lives, naevi, nails, naive, nasal, naval, navel, naves, nival, saiga, salve, sanga, savin, segni, selva, sengi, silva, singe, slain, slang, slave, sling, snail, vagal, vails, vales, valse, vanes, vangs, vasal, veals, vegan, veils, veins, venal, vials, vigas, vinal, vinas, vines.
	-5 letters: aals, agas, ages, agin, ails, ains, alae, alan, alas, ales, alga, anal, anas, anes, anga, anil, anis, ansa, asea, aves, egal, egis, elan, engs, evil, gaen, gaes, gain, gala, gale, gals, gane, gave, gels, gens, gien, gies, gins, give, glen, glia, ilea, isle, lags, lain, lane, lang, lase, lava, lave, lavs, lean, leas, legs, leis, lens, leva, lien, lies, line, ling, lins, live, nags, nail, nave, nevi, nils, saga, sage, sail, sain, sale, sane, sang, save, seal, sial, sign, sine, sing, slag, snag, vagi, vail, vain, vale, vane, vang, vans, vasa, vase, veal, veil, vein, vela, vena, vial, vies, viga, vigs, vile, vina, vine, visa, vise.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-l-n-s-v"
	+1 letter: galvanised, galvanises, galvanizes.
	+2 letters: galvanizers.
	+3 letters: evangelicals.
	+4 letters: devastatingly, misevaluating.
	+5 letters: bougainvilleas, navigabilities, unavailingness.
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