rechannelled

Sent another way

Rechannelled is the past tense of rechannel, meaning to direct something into a new or different channel.

Water can be rechannelled through alternative routes; energy or resources can be rechannelled toward different purposes: She rechannelled her frustration into productive work.

The spelling with double L is British; American English uses rechanneled.

flow

diverted

Turned from original path

current · watercourse · irrigation · conduit · aqueduct · spillway · drainage · floodgate · culvert · runoff

direction

rerouted

Sent a different way

reoriented · trajectory · course · pathway · route · navigation · steering · detour · bypass · shifted

resources

reallocated

Distributed to different recipients

diverted · repurposed · funding · budget · investment · capital · manpower · allocation · reallocation · expenditure

energy

redirected

Sent a new way

harnessed · effort · attention · focus · motivation · drive · passion · creativity · anger · frustration

Opposites
directional change

rechannelledmaintained

Kept in condition

unchanged · unaltered · continued · undiverted · sustained

intervention

rechannelledlet be

Cease interfering with

unmanaged · uncontrolled · left alone · untouched · undirected

purpose/allocation change

rechannelledretained

Continued to hold

kept · fixed · static

Family

channel, canal, channels, channelled, channeled, channelling, rechannel, rechanneled, rechannels

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