channelled

Guided along pathways

Channelled is a British spelling of channeled, the past tense of channel.

To channel is to direct something through a particular path or medium: She channelled her anger into activism, Funds were channelled through offshore accounts.

The spelling with double L follows British convention for verbs ending in a consonant.

flow

stream

Steady continuous flow

irrigation · drainage · funnel · pipe · duct · sluice · spillway · flume · trough · gutter

spiritual

medium

Middle size or state

  • séanceSpirit communication ritual
  • tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
  • psychicOne claiming supernatural perception

spirit · clairvoyant · possession · oracle · divination · otherworldly · supernatural · paranormal · invoked · summoned

communication

transmitted

Sent onward

signaled · mediated · expressed · articulated · transferred · disseminated · routed · networked · encoded · decoded

guided

directed

Gave guidance or orders

  • focusedDirecting attention narrowly
  • steeredControlled direction of travel
  • mentoredGuided someone less experienced

coached · navigated · shepherded · funneled · concentrated · harnessed · aimed · targeted · oriented · aligned

grooved

carved

Cut to create form

fluted · striated · scored · incised · rutted · indented · slotted · recessed · corrugated · textured

Opposites
direction/focus

channelledscattered

Spread irregularly about

dispersed · diffused · unfocused · unchannelled · dissipated

physical structure

channelledunchannelled

Not directed through pathways

unconfined · free-flowing · spreading · pooling · stagnant

containment/structure

channelledunconfined

Not restricted or contained

free-flowing · unbounded · unconstrained · unrestricted · wild

Family

channelling, rechannelled

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