Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To express with the body.
- transitive verb To describe or interpret in physical terms.
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- verb To
express using movements of thebody . - verb To
interpret in aphysical manner, or using physical concepts.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was also clear that Rattle had directed them to "physicalize" the music - the musicians moved their bodies and instruments to intensify dynamics and articulations.
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We wanted to actually put the two of them together and have them physicalize certain aspects of their relationship.
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HBO Colin Quinn got tips from his director, Jerry Seinfeld, on how to 'physicalize' his show.
A History Lesson From a Stand-Up Amy Chozick 2011
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(Soundbite of laughter) Ms. SIKORA: And it's our chance to physicalize it and figure it out, and say everything out loud and have other actors saying it to you and really find your version of it, because I don't think anybody wants to see an understudy go on and just do a poor imitation of what they would've seen.
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And as Friend would have it, yoga can be a means to "physicalize virtue."
Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D.: Anusara Yoga - Becoming a Standing Mudra of the Heart Ph.D. Eva Norlyk Smith 2010
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And as Friend would have it, yoga can be a means to "physicalize virtue."
Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D.: Anusara Yoga - Becoming a Standing Mudra of the Heart Ph.D. Eva Norlyk Smith 2010
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I think writers really need to physicalize our mental process.
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It was citizens rising up to physicalize their displeasure with the Crown.
John Ridley: This Fourth: Freedom, Crispus and Gay Linguists (Remixed) 2009
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I do think that going to the Empire State Building is a good idea as a way to physicalize my relationship to the city and I might just try it.
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In certain scenes, if you could physicalize something, it would give the animators something to do.
Michael Stahl-David Interviews Dennis 2007
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