1. Make a channel for; provide with a channel
   "channelise the country for better transportation";
   - channelize
    
2. Control or determine the movement, direction, or course of something
   "The captain channelised the ship through the strait";
   - steer, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], direct, point, head, guide, channelize
    
3. Send from one person or place to another
   "The company channelised the goods through their distribution network";
   - transmit, transfer, channel, channelize
    
4. Cause to form a channel
   "channelise a stream";
   - channelize

Derived forms: channelising, channelises, channelised

Type of: build, command, construct, control, displace, make, move, straighten, straighten out