physicalizes
Gives bodily form
Physicalizes means to give physical form or expression to something abstract.
An actor physicalizes emotion through gesture and movement rather than dialogue alone.
A choreographer physicalizes music.
The term appears most often in theater and dance contexts: She physicalizes grief by collapsing inward.
To physicalize is to make bodily what might otherwise remain internal or conceptual.
Makes concrete in form
- personifiesRepresents as human
- epitomizesPerfectly represents a type
- exemplifiesRepresents through example
- representsStands in for
manifests · symbolizes · expresses · illustrates · demonstrates · conveys · projects · emulates
Distinct periods or platforms
- enactsMakes officially binding
- performsCarries out an action
- choreographsDesigns coordinated movement sequences
- dramatizesExaggerates for effect
gestures · moves · embodies · interprets · expresses · animates · externalizes · demonstrates
Becomes physically present
- solidifiesBecomes hard or firm
- buildsCreates by assembling parts
- formsVarieties or documents
- shapesExternal outlines of things
sculpts · molds · fabricates · forges · constructs · assembles · creates · produces
incarnates
Makes concrete in form
- personifiesRepresents as human
- epitomizesPerfectly represents a type
- exemplifiesRepresents through example
represents · manifests · symbolizes · expresses · illustrates · demonstrates · conveys · projects · emulates · mirrors
stages
Distinct periods or platforms
- enactsMakes officially binding
- performsCarries out an action
- choreographsDesigns coordinated movement sequences
dramatizes · gestures · moves · embodies · interprets · expresses · animates · externalizes · demonstrates · ritualizes
materializes
Becomes physically present
- solidifiesBecomes hard or firm
- buildsCreates by assembling parts
- formsVarieties or documents
shapes · sculpts · molds · fabricates · forges · constructs · assembles · creates · produces · generates
physicalizesabstracts
Condensed versions of documents
conceptualizes · intellectualizes · theorizes · idealizes · spiritualizes
physicalizesdematerializes
Loses physical substance
disembodies · virtualizes · digitizes · vaporizes · digitalizes
physicalizesverbalizes
Expresses in speech
articulates · describes · narrates · explains · symbolizes