Channelling

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.
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              No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  channelling
       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}]