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a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"

a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors; "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"

a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"

a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"

(often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"

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; "the ship went aground in the channel"

send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"

a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"

a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors; "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"

a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"

a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"

(often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"

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; "the ship went aground in the channel"

send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.

A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.

That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.

A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.

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.

To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.

To course through or over, as in a channel.

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.

A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.

That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.

A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.

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.

To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.

To course through or over, as in a channel.

The bed of a stream; the deepest part of a strait, bay, harbor, etc.; a long groove or furrow; a way by which anything may be carried.

To cut or wear grooves or furrows in.

Canal, a passage through which a liquid flows.

The bed of a stream of water: the deeper part of a strait, bay, or harbor: a strait or narrow sea: means of passing or conveying.

A passage for a stream; furrow.

To cut into channels.

To cut or wear channels in.

The bed of a stream; deep part of a river; a wide strait; any groove or passage.

A river-bed; n watercourse; the deeper part of a strait, bay, or harbour; a narrow sea between two continents, or between a continent and an island; means of conveying or transmitting; a groove or furrow, as in a column.

To groove. See Canal.

To groove; to cut or form into a channel.

That through which anything flows.

A long narrow groove or furrow. [Mid. Eng., Lat.]

n. [French] A watercourse;—the bed of a stream;—a strait or narrow sea;—a gutter or furrow;—that by which any thing passes; means of communication;—medium:—pl. Planks bolted to the sides of a vessel to sustain the shrouds.

The hollow bed of running waters; any cavity drawn longways; a strait or narrow sea; a gut or furrow of a pillar.