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.
 - 
[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.