channel in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   duct  epithelial duct  canal  channel 
   
2. 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"
   distribution channel  channel 
   
3. 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"
   channel 
   
4. a television station and its programs
   "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"
   channel  television channel  TV channel 
   
5. a path over which electrical signals can pass
   "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
   channel  transmission channel 
   
6. (often plural) a means of communication or access
   "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
   channel  communication channel  line 
   
7. 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"
   channel 
   
8. 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)
   groove  channel 
   

1. direct the flow of
   "channel information towards a broad audience"
   channel  canalize  canalise 
   
2. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
   "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
   impart  conduct  transmit  convey  carry  channel 
   
3. send from one person or place to another
   "transmit a message"
   transmit  transfer  transport  channel  channelize  channelise