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 Chan·nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Channeled or Channelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Channeling, or Channelling.]
 1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
    No more shall trenching war channel her fields.   --Shak.
 2. To course through or over, as in a channel.
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 channelled
      See channel

 channel
      n 1: a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is
           typically what you rent from a telephone company" [syn:
           transmission channel]
      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"
      3: 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) [syn: groove]
      4: 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"
      5: (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must
         go through official channels"; "lines of communication
         were set up between the two firms" [syn: communication
         channel, line]
      6: 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" [syn: duct,
          epithelial duct, canal]
      7: a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV
         channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more
         than one hundred channels" [syn: television channel, TV
         channel]
      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" [syn: distribution channel]
      v 1: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
           carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the
           sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: conduct, transmit,
            convey, carry]
      2: direct the flow of; "channel infomartion towards a broad
         audience" [syn: canalize, canalise]
      3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
         message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport, channelize,
          channelise]
      [also: channelling, channelled]