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Channel

ˈtʃanl

Channel definitions
verb
channels channelling channelled channeling channeled channel
  1. direct towards a particular end or object

    "the council is to channel public funds into training schemes"

    • cause to pass along or through a specified route or medium

      "many countries channel their aid through charities"

  2. (of a person) serve as a medium for (a spirit)

    "she was channelling the spirit of Billie Holiday"

    • emulate or seem to be inspired by

      "Meg Ryan plays Avery as if she's channelling Nicole Kidman"

noun
channel channels
  1. a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas
    strait(s) sound neck arm narrows passage sea passage stretch of water waterway
    • the English Channel

      "the movement has spread across the Channel"

    • a navigable passage in a stretch of water otherwise unsafe for vessels

      "buoys marked the safe limits of the channel"

    • a hollow bed for a natural or artificial waterway

      "the river is confined in a narrow channel"

  2. a band of frequencies used in radio and television transmission, especially as used by a particular station
    channel broadcasting organization
    • a service or station using a channel of frequencies

      "a new television channel"

  3. a method or system for communication or distribution

    "they didn't apply through the proper channels"

  4. an electric circuit which acts as a path for a signal

    "an audio channel"

    • the semiconductor region in a field-effect transistor that forms the main current path between the source and the drain
  5. a tubular passage or duct for liquid

    "fish eggs have a small channel called the micropyle"

  6. a groove or furrow

    "a solid block of metal that is machined to create channels into which screw-in cartridge valves can be installed"