channel

Definitions of channel in various dictionaries:

noun - a path over which electrical signals can pass

noun - a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through

noun - 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)

noun - 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

noun - (often plural) a means of communication or access

noun - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

noun - a television station and its programs

noun - a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors

verb - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

verb - direct the flow of

verb - send from one person or place to another

The bed of a stream or river.

The deeper part of a river or harbor, especially a deep navigable passage.

A broad strait, especially one that connects two seas.

A trench, furrow, or groove.

A tubular passage for liquids; a conduit.

A course or passage through which something may move or be directed: new channels of thought; a reliable channel of information.

Often channels.

A specified frequency band for the transmission and reception of electromagnetic signals, as for television signals.

The medium through which a spirit guide purportedly communicates with the physical world.

A rolled metal bar with a bracket-shaped section.

To make or cut channels in.

To form a groove or flute in.

To direct or guide along some desired course: channels her curiosity into research.

To serve as a medium for (a spirit guide).

A wood or steel ledge projecting from a sailing ship’s sides to spread the shrouds and keep them clear of the gunwales.

verb - to direct along some desired course