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channel

/ channel /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(often plural) a means of communication or access
"it must go through official channels"
"lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
Type of:
communication communicating
Kinds of:
back channel lens liaison link contact
Derived:
conduct transmit convey carry canalize
Domain:
plural plural form
noun Sense 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"
Type of:
passage
Kinds of:
gutter trough limbers
Derived:
channelize channelise
noun Sense 3
a television station and its programs
"a satellite TV channel"
"surfing through the channels"
"they offer more than one hundred channels"
Type of:
television station TV station
verb Sense 4
direct the flow of
"channel infomartion towards a broad audience"
Type of:
steer maneuver manoeuver
Derived:
channelization channelisation canalization canalisation canal
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 5
a path over which electrical signals can pass
"a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
Type of:
transmission
Derived:
conduct transmit convey carry transfer
noun Sense 6
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"
Type of:
body of water water
Kinds of:
Harlem River canal English Channel Hampton Roads Mozambique Channel
Domain:
river
noun Sense 7
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)
Type of:
depression impression imprint
Kinds of:
dado flute fluting quirk rabbet
Derived:
furrow rut groove
noun Sense 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"
Type of:
marketing
verb Sense 9
send from one person or place to another
"transmit a message"
Type of:
move displace
Kinds of:
bring get convey fetch project
Derived:
channelization channelisation canalization canalisation communication channel
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 10
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"
Type of:
passage passageway
Kinds of:
pore spinal canal vertebral canal canalis vertebralis ductule
Derived:
transmit transfer transport channelize channelise
verb Sense 11
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
"Sound carries well over water"
"The airwaves carry the sound"
"Many metals conduct heat"
Type of:
bring convey take
Kinds of:
wash up pipe in bring in retransmit
Derived:
communication channel line transmission channel carrier wave carrier
Verb group:
carry convey express
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
92
Times Searched
1
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Related Words

communication communicating back channel lens liaison link contact passage gutter trough limbers television station