channel

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. duct, conduit, passage; wavelength, band; artery, vein, blood vessel. —v. furrow, groove.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A passageway for liquid]

Syn. conduit, tube, canal, duct, course, carrier, gutter, furrow, trough, tunnel, tideway, strait, neck, sound, race, raceway, watercourse, waterway, sluice, sluiceway, sewer, main, artery, vein, runway, ditch, trench, moat, aqueduct, canyon, cesspipe, pipe; see also way 2 .

Ant. ridge*, crest, dam.

2. [The deeper portion of a river]

Syn. current, marked channel, buoyed channel, dredged channel, body of the river, flood, deep water; see also flow , water 2 .

3. [A groove]

Syn. gouge, gutter, slit; see sense 1, groove .

v.

Syn. route, send, direct; see lead 1 , send 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

conduit, course, strait, waterway, groove, runnel, culvert, trough, run, canal, chase, furrow, rut, trench, sluiceway, flume.

II

v.

route, direct, guide, send, funnel, lead, siphon.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To direct toward a common center: center, concentrate, converge, focalize, focus. See EDGE. 2. To serve as a conduit: carry, conduct, convey, transmit. See ALLOW.