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Channelize

To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.

📖 Definitions of "Channelize"

verb

1
To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.
2
To transmit through a channel.
3
To multiplex (messages) through a single line.
4
To direct into a specific course or pathway; to channel.

🔄 Synonyms of "Channelize"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
channelnoun	Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
transfernoun	(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
transmitverb	(transitive, intransitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
transportnoun	To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Channelize"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
channelverb	Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
transportverb	To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
transferverb	(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
transmitverb	(transitive, intransitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
channeliseverb	(British spelling) Alternative form of channelize. [(transitive) To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.]
canaliseverb	(transitive, British spelling) To channel the flow of.
rechannelizeverb	(transitive) To channelize again or differently.
enchannelverb	To channel (literally or figuratively).
funnelnoun	A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.
routenoun	A course or way which is traveled or passed.
directionizeverb	(transitive, rare) To set or change the direction of.
deepenverb	(transitive) To make deep or deeper
leveenoun	An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
canalizeverb	US and Oxford British English spelling of canalise.
feed intoverb	(transitive, figurative) To perpetuate; to reinforce.
churchifyverb	(transitive, colloquial) To make churchy; to make more religious, or bring under the control or influence of the church.
directionalizeverb	(transitive) To add a directional component to.
educeverb	(transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
ductnoun	A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
continentalizeverb	To spread throughout the continent.