channel

The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.

The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.

The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.

A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.

European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.

The navigable part of a river.

We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.

A narrow body of water between two land masses.

The English Channel lies between France and England.

Our citizens and our businesses on both sides of the channel need more security and predictability for the future

Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.

The news was conveyed to us by different channels.

But I write to tell you what you will hear through all the various channels by which news travels,...

To make or cut a channel or groove in.

To direct or guide along a desired course.

We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.

The resources channelled to those institutions which showed themselves most adept at formfilling, self-promotion and presentation were inadequate to sustain the quality they claimed.

To serve as a medium for.

She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.

To follow as a model, especially in a performance.

He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.

When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.

The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry t