Channelnoun
The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
âThe water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.â;
Routenoun
A course or way which is traveled or passed.
âThe route was used so much that it formed a rut.â; âYou need to find a route that you can take between these two obstacles.â;
Channelnoun
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
âA channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.â;
Routenoun
A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
âWe live near the bus route.â; âHere is a map of our delivery routes.â;
Channelnoun
The navigable part of a river.
âWe were careful to keep our boat in the channel.â;
Routenoun
A road or path; often specifically a highway.
âFollow Route 49 out of town.â;
Channelnoun
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
âThe English Channel lies between France and England.â;
Routenoun
(figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
Channelnoun
That through which anything passes; means of conveying or transmitting.
âThe news was conveyed to us by different channels.â;
Routenoun
(historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
Channelnoun
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
Routeverb
(transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
âAll incoming mail was routed through a single office.â;
Channelnoun
(electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
âThe guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree.â;
Routeverb
(Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
Channelnoun
(electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
Routeverb
To send (information) through a router.
Channelnoun
(communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
âA channel stretches between them.â;
Routenoun
The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.
âWide through the furzy field their route they take.â;
Channelnoun
(communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
âWe are using one of the 24 channels.â;
Routenoun
an established line of travel or access
Channelnoun
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
âThe channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.â;
Routenoun
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
Channelnoun
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
âTheir call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line.â;
Routeverb
send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
Channelnoun
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
âKNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle.â;
Routeverb
send via a specific route
Channelnoun
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
âNBC is on channel 11 in San Jose.â;
Routeverb
divert in a specified direction;
âdivert the low voltage to the engine cylindersâ;
Channelnoun
(storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
âThis chip in this disk drive is the channel device.â;
Channelnoun
(technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
âThe liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.â;
Channelnoun
A distribution channel
Channelnoun
(Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated to a specific topic.
Channelnoun
(Internet) An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
Channelnoun
A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
Channelnoun
(nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
Channelverb
(transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
Channelverb
(transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.
âWe will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.â;
Channelverb
To serve as a medium for.
âShe was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.â;
Channelverb
(transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
âHe was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.â; âWhen it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.â;
Channelnoun
The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
Channelnoun
The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
Channelnoun
A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
Channelnoun
That through which anything passes; a means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
âThe veins are converging channels.â; âAt best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know.â;
Channelnoun
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
Channelnoun
Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
Channelnoun
official routes of communication, especially the official means by which information should be transmitted in a bureaucracy; as, to submit a request through channels; you have to go through channels.
Channelnoun
a band of electromagnetic wave frequencies that is used for one-way or two-way radio communication; especially, the frequency bands assigned by the FTC for use in television broadcasting, and designated by a specific number; as, channel 2 in New York is owned by CBS.
Channelnoun
one of the signals in an electronic device which receives or sends more than one signal simultaneously, as in stereophonic radios, records, or CD players, or in measuring equipment which gathers multiple measurements simultaneously.
Channelnoun
an opening in a cell membrane which serves to actively transport or allow passive transport of substances across the membrane; as, an ion channel in a nerve cell.
Channelnoun
a path for transmission of signals between devices within a computer or between a computer and an external device; as, a DMA channel.
Channelverb
To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
âNo more shall trenching war channel her fields.â;
Channelverb
To course through or over, as in a channel.
Channelnoun
a path over which electrical signals can pass;
âa channel is typically what you rent from a telephone companyâ;
Channelnoun
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through;
âthe fields were crossed with irrigation channelsâ; âgutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the streetâ;
Channelnoun
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)
Channelnoun
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;
âthe ship went aground in the channelâ;
Channelnoun
(often plural) a means of communication or access;
âit must go through official channelsâ; âlines of communication were set up between the two firmsâ;
Channelnoun
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance;
âthe tear duct was obstructedâ; âthe alimentary canalâ; âpoison is released through a channel in the snake's fangsâ;
Channelnoun
a television station and its programs;
âa satellite TV channelâ; âsurfing through the channelsâ; âthey offer more than one hundred channelsâ;
Channelnoun
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors;
âpossible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own storesâ;
Channelverb
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;
âSound carries well over waterâ; âThe airwaves carry the soundâ; âMany metals conduct heatâ;
Channelverb
direct the flow of;
âchannel infomartion towards a broad audienceâ;
Channelverb
send from one person or place to another;
âtransmit a messageâ;
Channelnoun
a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.
Channelnoun
the English Channel
âthe movement has spread across the Channelâ;
Channelnoun
a navigable passage in a stretch of water otherwise unsafe for vessels
âbuoys marked the safe limits of the channelâ;
Channelnoun
a hollow bed for a natural or artificial waterway
âthe river is confined in a narrow channelâ;
Channelnoun
a band of frequencies used in radio and television transmission, especially as used by a particular station.
Channelnoun
a service or station using a channel of frequencies
âa new television channelâ;
Channelnoun
a method or system for communication or distribution
âsome companies have a variety of sales channelsâ; âthey didn't apply through the proper channelsâ;
Channelnoun
an electric circuit which acts as a path for a signal
âan audio channelâ;
Channelnoun
the semiconductor region in a field-effect transistor that forms the main current path between the source and the drain.
Channelnoun
a tubular passage or duct for liquid
âfish eggs have a small channel called the micropyleâ;
Channelverb
direct towards a particular end or object
âthe council is to channel public funds into training schemesâ;
Channelverb
cause to pass along or through a specified route or medium
âmany countries channel their aid through charitiesâ;
Channelverb
(of a person) serve as a medium for (a spirit)
âshe was channelling the spirit of Billie Holidayâ;
Channelverb
emulate or seem to be inspired by
âMeg Ryan plays Avery as if she's channelling Nicole Kidmanâ;
Channelverb
form channels or grooves in
âpottery with a distinctive channelled decorationâ;