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Verb: channelize  'cha-nu,lIz
  1. Make a channel for; provide with a channel
    "channelize the country for better transportation";
    - channelise [Brit]
     
  2. 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]
     
  3. Send from one person or place to another
    "The company channelized the goods through their distribution network";
    - transmit, transfer, channel, channelise [Brit]
     
  4. 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