Tra từ channel - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. a path over which electrical signals can pass (Freq. 4)
- a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company
• Syn:
transmission channel
• Derivationally related forms:
channelize
• Hypernyms:
transmission
2. a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through (Freq. 1)
- the fields were crossed with irrigation channels
- gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street
• Derivationally related forms:
channelize
• Hypernyms:
passage
• Hyponyms:
gutter, trough, limbers
3. a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
• Syn:
groove
• Derivationally related forms:
groove (for: groove)
• Hypernyms:
depression, impression, imprint
• Hyponyms:
dado, flute, fluting, quirk, rabbet,
rebate, track, rut, stria, striation, washout
4. a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
- the ship went aground in the channel
• Topics:
river
• Hypernyms:
body of water, water
• Hyponyms:
canal, gut, rill, strait, sound,
tideway, watercourse
• Instance Hyponyms:
Harlem River, English Channel, Hampton Roads, Mozambique Channel, Windward Passage
5. (often plural) a means of communication or access
- it must go through official channels
- lines of communication were set up between the two firms
• Syn:
communication channel, line
• Derivationally related forms:
channelize
• Usage Domain:
plural, plural form
• Hypernyms:
communication, communicating
• Hyponyms:
back channel, lens, liaison, link, contact,
inter-group communication, spiel, patter, line of gab
6. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- the tear duct was obstructed
- the alimentary canal
- poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
• Syn:
duct, epithelial duct, canal
• Derivationally related forms:
channelize, canalize (for: canal)
• Hypernyms:
passage, passageway
• Hyponyms:
pore, spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis, ductule,
ductulus, canaliculus, canal of Schlemm, Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae, venous sinus,
sinus, lacrimal duct, lachrymal duct, tear duct, nasolacrimal duct, Haversian canal,
hepatic duct, inguinal canal, canalis inguinalis, common bile duct, bile duct, pancreatic duct,
lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel, salivary duct, cerebral aqueduct, Sylvian aqueduct, aqueductus cerebri,
ureter, urethra, cervical canal, canalis cervicis uteri, umbilical cord, umbilical,
vagina, epididymis, vas deferens, ductus deferens, seminal duct, ejaculatory duct,
cartilaginous tube, bronchiole, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract,
gastrointestinal tract, GI tract, lactiferous duct
• Part Meronyms:
ampulla
7. a television station and its programs
- a satellite TV channel
- surfing through the channels
- they offer more than one hundred channels
• Syn:
television channel, TV channel
• Hypernyms:
television station, TV station
8. a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
- possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores
• Syn:
distribution channel
• Hypernyms:
marketing

II - verb

1. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission (Freq. 1)
- Sound carries well over water
- The airwaves carry the sound
- Many metals conduct heat
• Syn:
impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry
• Derivationally related forms:
carrier (for: carry), carry (for: carry), transmission (for: transmit), transmittal (for: transmit), conductive (for: conduct), conduction (for: conduct), conductor (for: conduct)
• Hypernyms:
bring, convey, take
• Hyponyms:
wash up, pipe in, bring in, retransmit
• Verb Group:
carry, convey, express
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. direct the flow of
- channel information towards a broad audience
• Syn:
canalize, canalise
• Derivationally related forms:
canalisation (for: canalise), canal (for: canalise), canalization (for: canalize), canal (for: canalize), channelization, channelisation
• Hypernyms:
steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct,
point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They channel the water from the sink
3. send from one person or place to another
- transmit a message
• Syn:
transmit, transfer, transport, channelize, channelise
• Derivationally related forms:
channelisation (for: channelise), channelization (for: channelize), channel (for: channelize), channelization, channelisation, transport (for: transport), transfer (for: transfer), transferer (for: transfer), transferrer (for: transfer), transferral (for: transfer), transmission (for: transmit), transmitter (for: transmit), transmitting (for: transmit), transmittal (for: transmit)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
bring, get, convey, fetch, project,
propagate, translate, turn, release, send, send out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP