Channel
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water. The navigable part of a river. A narrow body of water between two land masses. A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit. The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor. The part that connects a data source to a data sink. A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths. A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable. A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing. A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement. A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television. The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head. The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up. A channel of distribution A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated to a specific topic. An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To direct the flow of something. To assume the personality of another person, typically a historic figure, in a theatrical or paranormal presentation.
Example sentence: Whether you are liberal or conservative, people seem to know the talking points for whatever the issue of the day is. Very rarely does it seem like these are opinions that people are coming up with themselves; it's like they watched the right cable news channel, and now they know what they are supposed to think, and they repeat that.
Line
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cover the inside/inner surface of (something).To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.To impregnate (applied to brute animals). — Creech.To read or repeat line by line.To form or enter into a line.To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A rope, cord, string, or thread; a slender, strong cord, or a cord of any thickness; a hawser.A path through two or more points (see also segment), a continuous mark, including as made by a pen, pencil, or graver; any path.An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column# by extension, a verse (in poetry)# by extension; such a line as read aloud:# a sentence of dialogue, as in a screenplay.The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.A letter, a written form of communication.The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. Battle of Hohenfriedberg.]]The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified armed forces.The products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.The position in which the fencers hold their swords.An edge of a graph.The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).The batter's box.Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.DirectionCourse of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; a boundary; a contour; an outline; a demarcation.A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.The equator.A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working.One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.A number of shares taken by a jobber.A measure of length equal to one twelfth of an inch.A hose.
Example sentence: Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.