1. (noun)channel, transmission channel a pathover 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"
4. (noun)channel a deep and relatively narrowbody of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the bestpassage 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 televisionstation and its programs
"a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"
8. (noun)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"