📖 Definitions of "Funnelling"
verb
- 1
To use a funnel.
- 2
To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.
"Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane."
- 3
To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.).
"Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives."
- 4
To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.
noun
- 1
The process of passing something through a funnel.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Funnelling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| channellingnoun | The act by which something is channelled. |
| pipingnoun | The sound of musical pipes. |
| channelingnoun | Alternative form of channelling. [A channel or furrow.] |
| feedholenoun | (engineering) A hole through or into which something is fed. |
| funnel marknoun | (nautical) The identifying mark of a shipping company, displayed on the ship's funnel (smokestack). |
| mofunoun | (marketing) Initialism of middle of funnel. [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.] |
| ferryingverb | The act by which something is ferried. |
| fanningnoun | The act by which something is fanned. |
| funnel cloudnoun | (meteorology) A tapering, rapidly rotating cloud descending from a larger storm cloud, indicating the presence of an intense vortex. A tornado is a funnel cloud which reaches the ground. |
| floodgatenoun | (figuratively, extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc. |
| furcationnoun | The act or process of furcating; a forking or branching out. |
| flowagenoun | A flowing or overflowing of liquid. |
| floodernoun | (Internet slang) A person who floods message boards, chat rooms etc. with unwanted or repetitive comments. |
| transfenestrationnoun | (rare) The act of smashing through a window. |
| fluxnoun | A state of ongoing change. |
| fordingnoun | Fording place |
| affluxionnoun | (archaic) The act of flowing towards; afflux. |
| perfusornoun | Something that perfuses |
| feeding tubenoun | (medicine) a device used to feed people who cannot eat or swallow, normally in the form of a tube passed through the nose or straight into the abdomen. |
| fire lanenoun | (US) A passageway or access road that allows a firefighting apparatus such as a fire engine to pass through. |
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