n.
     - a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas. ▸
(the Channel)
 the English Channel. ▸a navigable passage in a stretch of water otherwise unsafe for vessels. 
- a band of frequencies used in radio and television transmission, especially as used by a particular station.
- a medium for communication or the passage of information.
- an electric circuit which acts as a path for a signal.
- Biology  a tubular passage or duct for liquid.
v.
 (channels, channelling, channelled; US channels, channeling, channeled)
   - direct towards a particular end. ▸cause to pass along or through a specified route or medium: ![]()  many countries channel their aid through charities. 
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[usu. as adj. channelled]
 form channels or grooves in.
- (in spiritualism) serve as a medium for (a spirit). ▸emulate or seem to be inspired by: ![]()  Meg Ryan plays Avery as if she's channelling Nicole Kidman. 
Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. chanel, from L. canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’, from canna (see cane); cf. canal.