channel


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channel
v. convey through a particular medium, send through a channel; direct, refer
 
n. canal; station; television station and its programs; (Computers) group chat on the Internet, conference, chat room on the Internet

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channel

Noun
1. a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
(synonym) transmission channel
(hypernym) transmission
(derivation) conduct, transmit, convey, carry
2. 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"
(hypernym) passage
(hyponym) gutter, trough
(derivation) channelize, channelise
3. 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)
(synonym) groove
(hypernym) depression, impression, imprint
(hyponym) dado
4. 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"
(hypernym) body of water, water
(hyponym) Harlem River
(classification) river
5. (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
(synonym) communication channel, line
(hypernym) communication, communicating
(hyponym) back channel
(derivation) conduct, transmit, convey, carry
(classification) plural, plural form
6. 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"
(synonym) duct, epithelial duct, canal
(hypernym) passage, passageway
(hyponym) pore
(part-meronym) ampulla
(derivation) transmit, transfer, transport, channelize, channelise
7. a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"
(synonym) television channel, TV channel
(hypernym) television station, TV station
8. 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"
(synonym) distribution channel
(hypernym) marketing

Verb
1. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
(synonym) conduct, transmit, convey, carry
(hypernym) bring, convey, take
(hyponym) wash up
(verb-group) carry
(derivation) communication channel, line
2. direct the flow of; "channel infomartion towards a broad audience"
(synonym) canalize, canalise
(hypernym) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
(derivation) channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation
3. send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"
(synonym) transmit, transfer, transport, channelize, channelise
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) bring, get, convey, fetch
(derivation) channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation


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channel
v. vést vodu; směrovat kam
 
n. kanál; kanál; přenosový kanál; průliv; Lamanšský průliv; úřední cestou; program

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channel
Czas. nakierowywać
 
Rzecz. kanał; stacja; kanał; stacja; kanał; kanał; kanał; kanał La Manche