channel
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(verb) direct the flow of; also used abstractly, as of money or information |
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Synonyms: canalize |
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Related Words: direct, guide, head, maneuver, manouevre, point, steer |
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(noun) a path over which electrical signals can pass |
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Synonyms: transmission channel |
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Related Words: band, frequency band, transmission |
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(noun) (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" |
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Synonyms: communication channel, line |
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Related Words: communicating, communication, contact, inter-group communication, liaison, link |
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(noun) a relatively narrow body of water linking two larger bodies; "the ship went aground in the channel" |
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Synonyms: sound |
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Related Words: English Channel, Harlem River, body of water, canal, rill, strait, tideway, water, watercourse |
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(noun) a passage for water (or other fluids) |
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Synonyms: conduit |
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Related Words: aqueduct, canal, duct, flue, gutter, millrace, millrun, passage, penstock, sluice, sluiceway, spill, spillway, trough, tube, tubing, wasteweir, watercourse, waterspout, waterway |
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(noun) a facility where something is available |
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Synonyms: source |
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Related Words: facility, installation |
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(noun) a bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance |
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Synonyms: canal, duct |
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Related Words: GI tract, Sylvian aqueduct, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, aqueductus cerebri, bile duct, canaliculus, canalis cervicis uteri, canalis vertebralis, cerebral aqueduct, cervical canal, common bile duct, digestive tract, digestive tube, ductule, ductulus, ejaculatory duct, epididymis, gastrointestinal tract, hepatic duct, lachrymal duct, lacrimal duct, lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel, pancreatic duct, passage, passageway, pore, salivary duct, seminal duct, sinus, spinal canal, umbilical cord, ureter, urethra, vagina, vas deferens, venous sinus, vertebral canal |
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(verb) send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" |
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Synonyms: channelize, transfer, transmit, transport |
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Related Words: bring, convey, displace, fetch, get, move, project, propagate, release, send, send out, translate, turn |
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(verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" |
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Synonyms: carry, conduct, convey, transmit |
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Related Words: bring, bring in, convey, pipe in, retransmit, take |
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