Meaning Of Channel

n.

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

n.

The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.

n.

A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.

n.

That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.

n.

A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.

n.

Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.

v. t.

To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.

v. t.

To course through or over, as in a channel.