3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Channel \Chan"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Channeled}, or {Channelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Channeling}, or {Channelling}.] 1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove. [1913 Webster] No more shall trenching war channel her fields. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: channelled See {channel} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: channel n 1: a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company" [syn: {transmission channel}] 2: a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" 3: a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) [syn: {groove}] 4: a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel" 5: (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" [syn: {communication channel}, {line}] 6: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" [syn: {duct}, {epithelial duct}, {canal}] 7: a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels" [syn: {television channel}, {TV channel}] 8: a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors; "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores" [syn: {distribution channel}] v 1: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {conduct}, {transmit}, {convey}, {carry}] 2: direct the flow of; "channel infomartion towards a broad audience" [syn: {canalize}, {canalise}] 3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" [syn: {transmit}, {transfer}, {transport}, {channelize}, {channelise}] [also: {channelling}, {channelled}]
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