channel

chan|nel¹ W2S3 [ˈtʃænl] n

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1¦(television)¦

2¦(for getting information/goods etc)¦

3¦(sea/river)¦

4¦(water)¦

5¦(radio)¦

6¦(in a surface)¦

7¦(way to express yourself)¦

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[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: chanel, from Latin canalis; CANAL]

1.) ¦(TELEVISION)¦

a television station and all the programmes that it broadcasts

▪ the news on Channel 4

▪ The kids are watching cartoons on the Disney Channel.

▪ What channel is ER on?

▪ He changed channels to watch the basketball game.

2.) ¦(FOR GETTING INFORMATION/GOODS ETC)¦

a system or method that you use to send or obtain information, goods, permission etc

▪ The United States and other countries are working through diplomatic channels to find a solution.

▪ The new software will be sold through existing distribution channels .

channel of

▪ It is important that we open channels of communication with the police.

3.) ¦(SEA/RIVER)¦

a) an area of water that connects two larger areas of water

▪ St George's Channel

b) the Channel

BrE the area of water between France and England

= ↑the English Channel

c) the deepest part of a river, ↑harbour, or sea, especially where it is deep enough to allow ships to sail in

4.) ¦(WATER)¦

a passage that water or other liquids flow along

▪ an irrigation channel

5.) ¦(RADIO)¦

a particular range of ↑sound waves which can be used to send and receive radio messages

6.) ¦(IN A SURFACE)¦

a long deep line cut into a surface or a long deep space between two edges

= ↑groove

▪ The sliding doors fit into these plastic channels.

7.) ¦(WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF)¦

a way of expressing your thoughts, feelings, or physical energy

channel for

▪ Art provides a channel for the children's creativity.

channel ²

channel² past tense and past participle channelled present participle channelling BrE past tense and past participle channeled present participle channeling AmE

v [T]

1.) to control and direct something such as money or energy towards a particular purpose

= ↑direct channel sth into sth

▪ Most of his energy was channeled into writing and lecturing.

channel sth to sb

▪ Profits are channelled to conservation groups.

channel sth through sth

▪ The famine relief money was channelled through the UN.

2.) to control or direct people or things to a particular place, work, situation etc

channel sb/sth into sth

▪ Women were likely to be channeled into jobs as teachers or nurses.

▪ Drugs from government pharmacies were being channeled into illegal drug markets.

3.) to cut a long deep line in something

▪ Water had channelled grooves in the rock.

4.) to send water through a passage

▪ An efficient irrigation system channels water to the crops.

5.) to allow a spirit to come into your body and speak through you, to tell people a message that you have received in this way

▪ She claims to channel the spirit of a 2,000-year-old hunter.