present participle of channel

The straightening and widening of a stream or river. / The division of a wide-band communications channel into multiple narrow-band channels.

plural of channelization

(transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in. / (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course. / (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.

(nautical) 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 them clear of the bulwarks.

The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. / The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water. / The navigable part of a river.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of channel

Formal lines of command and procedure.

plural of channel

(Europe) Ellipsis of English Channel.: A strait separating Great Britain, United Kingdom, from France, on the margins of the Atlantic, with Europe