funneling

Directing through constriction

Funneling is directing something through a narrow channel or passage, like liquid through a funnel.

Money, resources, or people can be funneled toward a destination: They were funneling campaign donations through shell companies.

The word often implies deliberate concentration or redirection of flow.

Also spelled funnelling.

channeling

directing

Overseeing a production

siphoningDrawing liquid through tube
routingPath selection process
divertingAgreeably attention-stealing

pouring · draining · streaming · piping · filtering · transferring · conveying · narrowing · concentrating · converging

guiding

steering

Controlling direction of movement

leadingGuiding or pacing type
usheringGuiding to seats
shepherdingGuiding a group protectively

herding · corralling · directing · navigating · pointing · orienting · maneuvering · targeting · aiming · focusing

Categories

narrowingtapering, constricting, squeezing, tightening, bottleneck
drinking gamesbeer pong, flip cup, kings cup, quarters, ring of fire
directing flowchanneling, directing, routing, piping, conveying
blockingblock, barrier, barricade, blockade, obstruction
distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting

Opposites

directional flow pattern

funnelingdispersing

Spreading widely apart

spreading · scattering · diffusing · radiating · fanning out

concentration vs. distribution

funnelingdistributing

Apportioning among recipients

dispersing · dissipating · allocating · apportioning · parceling out

organizational structure

funnelingdecentralizing

Dispersing authority from one point

distributing · democratizing · delegating · devolving · networking

Family

funnel, funnels, funnelling, funnelled, funneled

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