canalise
Guide into channels
Canalise is the British spelling of canalize, meaning to direct something through a channel or convert it into a defined course.
Rivers can be canalised for navigation or irrigation.
Figuratively, to canalise energy, resources, or effort is to focus them toward a specific purpose: The project canalised her creative impulses into something productive.
Passage for transmission
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- culvertTunnel for water passage
- ditchShallow excavated channel
lock · watercourse · flume · sluice · penstock · weir · levee · embankment
Passage for transmission
- guideLeader or instruction book
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- funnelCone directing flow
- focusConcentrated attention point
concentrate · streamline · route · conduct · orient · marshal · shepherd · point
Supply land with water
- drainChannel for wastewater
- waterClear essential liquid
- channelPassage for transmission
- ditchShallow excavated channel
furrow · sluice · aqueduct · distribution · agricultural · drainage · reclamation · water management
channel
Passage for transmission
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- culvertTunnel for water passage
ditch · lock · watercourse · flume · sluice · penstock · weir · levee · embankment · towpath
channel
Passage for transmission
focus · concentrate · streamline · route · conduct · orient · marshal · shepherd · point · aim
irrigate
Supply land with water
ditch · furrow · sluice · aqueduct · distribution · agricultural · drainage · reclamation · water management · flood control
redirect
Send in new direction
shunt · divert · deviate · realign · sidetrack · transfer · shift · reorient · remap
control
Authority to direct
- manageDirect or handle successfully
- governExercise political control
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
restrain · constrain · contain · limit · restrict · harness · discipline · organize · order · systematize
canalisedisperse
Cause to spread apart
scatter · diffuse · spread · dissipate · disseminate
canalisescatter
Distribute in random directions
disperse · diffuse · diversify · decentralize · spread out