channel (
http://definr.com/channel)
n 1: a path over which electrical signals can pass [syn: {transmission
channel}]
2: a passage for water (or other fluids) [syn:
conduit]
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 relatively narrow body of water linking two larger bodies;
"the ship went aground in the channel" [syn:
sound]
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 conveying a secretion or other
substance [syn:
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}]
v 1: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of
sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The
airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
[syn:
conduct,
transmit,
convey,
carry]
2: direct the flow of; also used abstractly, as of money or
information [syn:
canalize,
canalise]
3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn:
transmit,
transfer,
transport,
channelize]