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