1. (n.)channel the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
2. channel a navigable route between two bodies of water.
3. channel the deeper part of a waterway.
4. channel a wide strait, as between a continent and an island.
5. channel a course into which something may be directed: to direct a conversation to a new channel.
6. channel a route through which anything passes or progresses: channels of trade.
7. channel channels, the officialcourse or means of communication: going through channels to reach the governor.
8. channel a means of access: The Senate is his channel to the White House.
9. channel a flute in a column.
10. channel a frequency band of sufficient width for one- or two-way communication from or to a transmitter for TV, radio, CB radio, telephone, or telegraph communication.
11. channel the two signals in stereophonic or any single signal in multichannel sound recording and reproduction.
12. channel a transient opening made by a proteinstructure embedded in a cell membrane, permitting passage of specific ions or molecules into or out of the cell: calcium channel.
13. channel a tubular passage for liquids or fluids.
14. channel any structural member, as one of reinforced concrete, having the form of three sides of a rectangle.
15. channel a number of such members.
16. channel a flanged metal beam or bar with a
17. (v.t.)channel to convey through or as if through a channel.
18. channel to direct toward or into some particular course: to channel one's interests.
21. channel to reach, or convey messages from, by channeling: to channel an ancient Egyptian spirit.
22. (v.i.)channel to become marked by a channel: Soft earth channels during a heavy rain.
23. channel to perform channeling.
24. (n.)channel a horizontal timber or ledge built outboard from the side of a sailing vessel to spread shrouds and backstays outward.
Etymology: (1760–70; alter. of chain wale)
Definition of 'Channel'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)channel, transmission channel a path over which electrical signals can pass "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
2. (noun)channel 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"
3. (noun)groove, channel a long narrowfurrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
4. (noun)channel 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"
5. (noun)channel, communication channel, line (often plural) a means of communication or access "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
6. (noun)duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel 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"
7. (noun)channel, television channel, TV channel a television station and its programs "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"
8. (verb)distribution channel, channel 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"
9. (verb)impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel transmit or serve as the medium for transmission "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
10. (verb)channel, canalize, canalise direct the flow of "channel information towards a broad audience"
11. (verb)transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise send from one person or place to another "transmit a message"
1. (noun)Channel the hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run
2. (noun)Channel the deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the maincurrent flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels
3. (noun)Channel a strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the BritishChannel
4. (noun)Channel that through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels
5. (noun)Channel a gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column
8. (verb)Channel to course through or over, as in a channel
Definitions of 'Channel'
The New Hacker's Dictionary
1. Channel [IRC] The basicunit of discussion on IRC.
Once one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that
channel. Channels are named with strings that begin with a ‘#’
sign and can havetopic descriptions (which are generally irrelevant to the
actual subject of discussion). Some notablechannels are #initgame, #hottub,
callahans, and #report. At times of international crisis, #report has hundreds of members, some of whom take
turns listening to various newsservices and typing in summaries of the
news, or in some cases, giving first-hand accounts of the action (e.g.,
Scudmissile attacks in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War in 1991).
Definitions of Channel 
Afrikaans: kanaal
Arabic: مَمَرٌّ مائي، قَناة
Bulgarian: проток
Brazilian: canal
Czech: stružka, kanál
German: der Kanal, das Flußbett
Danish: rende; kanal
Greek: αγωγός
Spanish: canal
Estonian: voolusäng, kanal
Farsi: بستر
Finnish: uoma
French: chenal
Hebrew: תְעֲלָה
Hindi: नहर, चैनल इत्यादि
Croatian: kanal
Hungarian: csatorna
Indonesian: saluran
Icelandic: farvegur
Italian: canale
Japanese: 流床
Korean: 통로
Lithuanian: kanalas
Latvian: kanāls
Malay: alur
Dutch: kanaal
Norwegian: kanal, renne, leie
Polish: kanał
Persian: بستر
Pashto: بستر
Portuguese: canal
Romanian: canal
Russian: сток
Slovak: kanál
Slovenian: struga
Serbian: kanal
Swedish: ränna, kanal
Thai: ร่องน้ำ
Turkish: kanal
Taiwanese: 溝渠
Ukrainian: канал
Urdu: راستہ
Vietnamese: rãnh
Chinese: 沟渠
