channel

Everyday

1. A channel is a TV or radio station, or a stream of online videos: a cartoon channel, a YouTube channel. tree →
2. A channel is a narrow stretch of sea between two pieces of land: the English Channel. tree →
3. A channel is a long narrow passage that water flows along, like a ditch or a deep part of a river where ships can sail. tree →
4. A channel is a way of communicating or sending information: «through official channels». tree →
5. To channel something (water, energy, money) is to direct it to one place or purpose. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, children change TV channels and watch online channels (safety: ask an adult, check age ratings). In geography, the English Channel separates England and France (the Channel Tunnel goes under it). In science, rivers carve channels. In wellbeing lessons you channel your energy or anger into something good, like sport. Phrases: «change the channel», «the English Channel», «channel your energy».

Examples

• What channel is the cartoon on? tree →
• Please don't change the channel. tree →
• The English Channel lies between England and France. tree →
• Water flowed along the channel in the field. tree →
• The ships sailed through the deep channel. tree →
• She channels her energy into football. tree →
• Ask a parent before you subscribe to a channel. tree →
• We swam the channel between two islands. tree →
• The Empire of Blefuscu is an island parted from Lilliput only by a channel eight hundred yards wide. tree →

Note

UK spelling doubles the l: channelled, channelling; US: channeled, channeling. Online safety: not everything on a channel is true or meant for children — check with an adult.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Job's images of channels and floods show that God controls nature. Tradition reads these as proof of God's wisdom in the way He directs the waters. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, children change TV channels and watch online channels (safety: ask an adult, check age ratings). In geography, the English Channel separates England and France (the Channel Tunnel goes under it). In science, rivers carve channels. In wellbeing lessons you channel your energy or anger into something good, like sport. Phrases: «change the channel», «the English Channel», «channel your energy».

Examples

• He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. (Writings JOB.28.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow, (Writings JOB.6.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder; (Writings JOB.38.25, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

UK spelling doubles the l: channelled, channelling; US: channeled, channeling. Online safety: not everything on a channel is true or meant for children — check with an adult.