channelize
Direct into courses
Channelize is a somewhat bureaucratic variant of channel, meaning to direct flow through a defined path.
Engineers channelize rivers by straightening and confining them between banks.
The word appears in technical and governmental contexts: The agency channelized the stream to prevent flooding.
In figurative use, to channelize resources or efforts is to focus them toward a specific purpose.
Artificial water supply for agriculture
- drainageLiquid removal system
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- culvertTunnel for water passage
ditch · flume · spillway · sluice · levee · embankment · dike · weir
Leader or instruction book
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- funnelCone directing flow
- routePath from A to B
- conductManner of behaving
orient · focus · aim · align · regulate · control · marshal · shepherd
irrigation
Artificial water supply for agriculture
- drainageLiquid removal system
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
culvert · ditch · flume · spillway · sluice · levee · embankment · dike · weir · dam
guide
Leader or instruction book
conduct · orient · focus · aim · align · regulate · control · marshal · shepherd · usher
conduit
Tube conveying fluid or cables
passage · route · track · lane · groove · furrow · pipeline · tube · outlet · inlet
redirect
Send in new direction
- reshapeGive different form
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
- reorientAdjust position or focus
reconfigure · convert · reform · refocus · realign · reroute · divert · shift · modify · adapt
channelizedisorganize
Destroy orderly arrangement
deregulate · liberate · free · release · randomize
- channeling spiritsMedium's paranormal communication
- spirit channelingCommunicating via the deceased