channel

/ˈtʃænəl/ verb [T] (present participle UK channelling, past tense and past participle channelled, present participle US channeling, past tense and past participle channeled)

Definition

WATER › to direct water along a particular route: The waste water is channelled through this pipe.

MONEY/ENERGY › to use money or energy for a particular purpose: We've channelled all our resources into this project.

(Definition of channel verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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