channel
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
channels
plural
channels
Britannica Dictionary definition of CHANNEL
[count]
1
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a television or radio station
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The TV program airs at 8:00 p.m. on Channel 5.
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Change the channel, please.
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What is your favorite radio channel?
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a movie/news/sports channel
2
a
:
a system used for sending something (such as information or supplies) from one place or person to another
— often plural
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E-mail is a channel of communication.
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To make a complaint, you will need to go through (the) official/proper channels.
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the ordinary channels of trade
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the army's distribution/supply channels
b
:
a way of expressing your ideas, feelings, etc., to other people
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Art provides a channel for creativity.
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Music became a channel for her emotions.
3
:
a path, tube, or long narrow place where water flows
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A system of irrigation channels brings water to the fields.
4
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a deep part of a river, harbor, or other body of water where ships can go
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a narrow channel of the Mississippi River
5
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a narrow area of the sea between two large areas of land that are close together
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We took a ferryboat across the English Channel to France.
2
channel
/ˈtʃænl̟/
verb
channels
US
channeled
or British
channelled
US
channeling
or British
channelling
2
channel
/ˈtʃænl̟/
verb
channels
US
channeled
or British
channelled
US
channeling
or British
channelling
Britannica Dictionary definition of CHANNEL
[+ object]
1
:
to express (your ideas, thoughts, feelings, energy, etc.) through a particular behavior or action
— often + into
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She's started channeling her anger towards me.
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His aggression was channeled into playing football.
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Actors learn how to channel their own emotions into their characters.
2
:
to send (food, money, etc.) to someone or something
— often + through
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He channeled millions of dollars into/to the program.
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Food, clothes, and money were channeled through churches to the poor people of the village.
3
:
to carry and move (something, such as water) in or through a tube, passage, etc.
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Their irrigation system channels water to the cornfields.
4
:
to allow (the spirit of a dead person) to enter your body in order to talk with living people
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She said that she was channeling my father and that he had a message for me.
