Associations to the word «Nasalize»

Wiktionary

NASALIZE, verb. To speak through the nose.
NASALIZE, verb. To make a nasal sound when speaking.
NASALIZE, verb. (phonetics) To lower the uvula so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound.

Dictionary definition

NASALIZE, verb. Speak nasally or through the nose; "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize".
NASALIZE, verb. Pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her vowels".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats