galvanise

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. to stimulate to action
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
• Syn:
startle, galvanize
• Derivationally related forms:
galvaniser, galvanization (for: galvanize), galvanizer (for: galvanize), galvanisation
• Hypernyms:
shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
2. cover with zinc
- galvanize steel
• Syn:
galvanize
• Derivationally related forms:
galvanisation, galvaniser, galvanization (for: galvanize), galvanizer (for: galvanize)
• Hypernyms:
coat, surface
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
• Syn:
galvanize
• Derivationally related forms:
galvanisation, galvanism, galvanization (for: galvanize), galvanism (for: galvanize)
• Hypernyms:
shock
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  galvanize, startle