channels

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of channel. Use this form when you mean more than one channel.

   The new TV picks up hundreds of channels.

   Workers dug small channels to carry water to the fields.

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2. 2
   nouncountableplural

   The official ways that orders and requests must pass through in an organization.

   Like a set path you have to follow: you can't just cut straight across.

   All requests for new equipment have to go through the proper channels.

   She skipped the usual channels and emailed the director directly.

   Similarprocedures, routes

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3. 3
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of channel. Use this form with he, she, or it.

   The dam channels river water into the dry valley below.

   She channels all her energy into helping the team win.

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