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)

• 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