Translate channel | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of channel
noun
1a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas. the navigable part of a waterway:buoys marked the safe limits of the channel a hollow bed for a natural or artificial waterway. (the Channel) the English Channel. a tubular passage or duct for liquid. an electric circuit that acts as a path for a signal:an audio channel Electronics the semiconductor region in a field-effect transistor that forms the main current path between the source and the drain.
2a band of frequencies used in radio and television transmission, especially as used by a particular station. a service or station using a particular frequency:a shopping channel
3a medium for communication or the passage of information:they didn’t apply through the proper channels
verb (channels, channeling, channeled ; Britishchannels, channelling, channelled)
[with object] 1direct toward a particular end or object:advertisers channel money into radio guide along a particular route or through a specified medium:many countries channel their aid through charities (of a person) serve as a medium for (a spirit). emulate or seem to be inspired by:Meg Ryan plays Avery as if she’s channeling Nicole Kidman
2 (usually as adjective
channeled)
form channels or grooves in:the lower jawbone is deeply channeled
