channel

(noun) a path over which electrical signals can pass. Synonyms: transmission channel. Examples: "A channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company."

(noun) a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through. Examples: "The fields were crossed with irrigation channels." "Gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street."

(noun) 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.

(noun) 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. Examples: "The ship went aground in the channel."

(noun) (often plural) a means of communication or access. Synonyms: communication channel, line. Examples: "It must go through official channels." "Lines of communication were set up between the two firms."

(noun) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance. Synonyms: duct, epithelial duct, canal. Examples: "The tear duct was obstructed." "The alimentary canal." "Poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs."

(noun) a television station and its programs. Synonyms: television channel, TV channel. Examples: "A satellite tv channel." "Surfing through the channels." "They offer more than one hundred channels."

(noun) a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors. Synonyms: distribution channel. Examples: "Possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores."

(verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. Synonyms: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry. Examples: "Sound carries well over water." "The airwaves carry the sound." "Many metals conduct heat."

(verb) direct the flow of. Synonyms: canalize, canalise. Examples: "Channel information towards a broad audience."

(verb) send from one person or place to another. Synonyms: transmit, transfer, transport, channelize, channelise. Examples: "Transmit a message."