different between waterway vs canalise

English

Etymology

From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterwe? (“waterway”), equivalent to water +? way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”).

Noun

waterway (plural waterways)

1. A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
2. A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• canalize

Etymology

canal +? -ise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæn.?.la?z/, /k??næl.a?z/
• Rhymes: -æn?la?z, -æla?z

Verb

canalise (third-person singular simple present canalises, present participle canalising, simple past and past participle canalised)

1. (transitive, British spelling) To convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal.
   • 2005, New Science Publications, New scientist, Volume 188

     Under Advance Brazil, the government plans to pave over 7000 kilometres of new Amazonian highways, canalise vast rivers and construct dozens of railways, […]

2. (transitive, British spelling) To build a canal through.
3. (transitive, British spelling) To channel the flow of.
   • 1927, Edith Wharton, Twilight Sleep, Virago: London, 1996,page 221

     On the desk lay the final version of the Birth Control speech, mastered and canalized by the skilful Maisie.

   • 1948, Sir Winston Churchill, The Second World War: The Gathering Storm, Page 373

     ...yet it is always a wise precaution in defending a frontier of hundreds of miles to bar off as much as possible by fortifications, and thus economise the use of troops in sedentary roles and "canalise" potential invasion.

Derived terms

• canalisation
• recanalise

Translations

Quotations

• 1854 David Thomas Ansted - Scenery, Science and Art: being extracts from the note-book of a geologist and mining engineer

  . . . owing to the recent commencement of works about to be carried on on a large scale to improve and canalise the navigation of the Ebro . . .

Anagrams

• sacaline, selacian

French

Verb

canalise

1. first-person singular present indicative of canaliser
2. third-person singular present indicative of canaliser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of canaliser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of canaliser
5. second-person singular imperative of canaliser

Anagrams

• alsacien, Alsacien