galvanize, galvanise
(verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
galvanize, galvanise
(verb) cover with zinc; “galvanize steel”
startle, galvanize, galvanise
(verb) to stimulate to action; “the loud noise startled him awake”; “galvanized into action”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
galvanize (third-person singular simple present galvanizes, present participle galvanizing, simple past and past participle galvanized) (transitive)
(chemistry) To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
Synonyms: electroplate, zinc (rare)
To coat with rust-resistant zinc.
(figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
Synonyms: animate, startle, urge
(archaic) To electrify.
(historical, US) To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War.
Source: Wiktionary
Gal"va*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Galvanized; p pr. & vb. n. Galvanizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. galvaniser.]
1. To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.
2. To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.
3. 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.
4. To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron. Galvanized iron, formerly, iron coated with zink by electrical deposition; now more commonly, iron coated with zink by plunging into a bath of melted zink, after its surface has been cleaned by friction with the aid of dilute acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
