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channel

Definition

  • noun: a television or radio station
  • noun: the bed where a natural stream of water runs
  • verb: to express (your ideas, thoughts, feelings, energy, etc.) through a particular behavior or action
  • verb: to form, cut, or wear a channel in
  • often plural
  • synonyms: gutter, groove, canal

Examples

  • Food, clothes, and money were 'channeled through' churches to the poor people of the village.

  • To make a complaint, you will need to go through (the) official/proper 'channels'.

  • She said that she was 'channeling' my father and that he had a message for me.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Not divorced yet and already ignoring us! I'm busy. People divorce their wives to get less busy. Ma'am, these channels have too much static. OK, set the ones you can. - Come and sit. - Thank you. Simin... Hi. (..)
    2011 A Separation