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English noun: channel | |||
| 1. | channel (communication) a path over which electrical signals can pass | ||
| Samples | A channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company. | ||
| Synonyms | transmission channel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transmission | ||
| 2. | channel (artifact) a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through | ||
| Samples | The fields were crossed with irrigation channels. Gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | passage | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gutter, limbers, trough | ||
| 3. | channel (shape) a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) | ||
| Synonyms | groove | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depression, impression, imprint | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dado, flute, fluting, quirk, rabbet, rebate, rut, stria, striation, track, washout | ||
| 4. | channel (object) 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 | ||
| Samples | The ship went aground in the channel. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body of water, water | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | canal, gut, rill, sound, strait, tideway, watercourse | ||
| Instance hyponym | English Channel, Hampton Roads, Harlem River, Mozambique Channel, Windward Passage | ||
| Domain category | river | ||
| 5. | channel (communication) (often plural) a means of communication or access | ||
| Samples | It must go through official channels. Lines of communication were set up between the two firms. | ||
| Synonyms | communication channel, line | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicating, communication | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | back channel, contact, inter-group communication, lens, liaison, line of gab, link, patter, spiel | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
| 6. | channel (body) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | ||
| Samples | The tear duct was obstructed. The alimentary canal. Poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs. | ||
| Synonyms | canal, duct, epithelial duct | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | passage, passageway | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alimentary canal, alimentary tract, aqueductus cerebri, bile duct, bronchiole, canal of Schlemm, canaliculus, canalis cervicis uteri, canalis inguinalis, canalis vertebralis, cartilaginous tube, cerebral aqueduct, cervical canal, common bile duct, digestive tract, digestive tube, ductule, ductulus, ductus deferens, ejaculatory duct, epididymis, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract, Haversian canal, hepatic duct, inguinal canal, lachrymal duct, lacrimal duct, lactiferous duct, lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel, nasolacrimal duct, pancreatic duct, pore, salivary duct, Schlemm's canal, seminal duct, sinus, sinus venosus sclerae, spinal canal, Sylvian aqueduct, tear duct, umbilical, umbilical cord, ureter, urethra, vagina, vas deferens, venous sinus, vertebral canal | ||
| Part holonym | ampulla | ||
| 7. | channel (artifact) a television station and its programs | ||
| Samples | A satellite TV channel. Surfing through the channels. They offer more than one hundred channels. | ||
| Synonyms | television channel, TV channel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | television station, TV station | ||
| 8. | channel (act) a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors | ||
| Samples | Possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores. | ||
| Synonyms | distribution channel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | marketing | ||
English verb: channel | |||
| 1. | channel (motion) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | ||
| Samples | Sound carries well over water. The airwaves carry the sound. Many metals conduct heat. | ||
| Synonyms | carry, conduct, convey, impart, transmit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring, convey, take | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bring in, pipe in, retransmit, wash up | ||
| Verb group | carry, carry, convey, express | ||
| 2. | channel (motion) direct the flow of | ||
| Samples | Channel information towards a broad audience. | ||
| Examples | They channel the water from the sink | ||
| Synonyms | canalise, canalize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer | ||
| 3. | channel (contact) send from one person or place to another | ||
| Samples | Transmit a message. | ||
| Synonyms | channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bring, convey, fetch, get, project, propagate, release, send, send out, translate, turn | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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