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CHANNELISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does channelise mean?
• CHANNELISE (verb)
The verb CHANNELISE has 4 senses:
1. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
2. make a channel for; provide with a channel
3. send from one person or place to another
Familiarity information: CHANNELISE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
channelise; channelize; direct; guide; head; maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; point; steer
Hypernyms (to "channelise" is one way to...):
command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "channelise"):
park (maneuver a vehicle into a parking space)
corner; tree (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)
channel (direct the flow of)
navigate; pilot (act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance)
conn (conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane)
starboard (turn to the right, of helms or rudders)
stand out (steer away from shore, of ships)
navigate (direct carefully and safely)
crab (direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind)
helm (be at or take the helm of)
pull over (steer a vehicle to the side of the road)
sheer (cause to sheer)
dock (maneuver into a dock)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
channelisation (management through specified channels of communication)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make a channel for; provide with a channel
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
channelise; channelize
Context example:
channelize the country for better transportation
Hypernyms (to "channelise" is one way to...):
build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Send from one person or place to another
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport
Context example:
transmit a message
Hypernyms (to "channelise" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "channelise"):
project (transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another)
propagate (transmit)
translate (bring to a certain spiritual state)
release; turn (let (something) fall or spill from a container)
send; send out (to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place)
bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
channelisation (management through specified channels of communication)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Cause to form a channel
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
channelise; channelize
Context example:
channelize a stream
Hypernyms (to "channelise" is one way to...):
straighten; straighten out (make straight)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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