channelled Definition

channel
noun

1. Any natural or artificially constructed water course, eg the bed of a stream or an irrigation channel.

Thesaurus: conduit, strait, tunnel, tube, canal, furrow, sluice, sewer, artery, ditch, course.
2. The part of a river, waterway, etc, that is deep enough for navigation by ships.
3. A wide stretch of water, especially between an island and a continent, eg the English Channel.
4a. electronics.
The frequency band that is assigned for sending or receiving a clear radio or television signal;
4b. electronics.
A path along which electrical signals flow.
5. A groove, furrow or any long narrow cut, especially one along which something moves.
6. computing.
The path along which electrical signals representing data flow.
7. A means by which information, etc is communicated, obtained or received.

Form: channels (often)
8. A course, project, etc into which some resource may be directed.

Example: a channel for one's energies
9. The English Channel, the stretch of sea between England and France.

Form: the Channel

verb channelled, channelling

1. To make a channel or channels in something.
2. To convey (a liquid, information, etc) through a channel.

Thesaurus: direct, transmit, guide, send, conduct, convey, steer, siphon, funnel.
3. To direct (a resource, eg talent, energy, money) into a course, project, etc.

Etymology: 13c: from French chanel, from Latin canalis canal.