Verb: channelize 'cha-nu,lIz
- Make a channel for; provide with a channel
"channelize the country for better transportation";
- channelise [Brit]
- Control or determine the movement, direction, or course of something
"The captain channelized the ship through the strait";
- steer, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], direct, point, head, guide, channelise [Brit]
- Send from one person or place to another
"The company channelized the goods through their distribution network";
- transmit, transfer, channel, channelise [Brit]
- Cause to form a channel
"channelize a stream";
- channelise [Brit]
Derived forms: channelized, channelizes, channelizing
Type of: build, command, construct, control, displace, make, move, straighten, straighten out