I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An opening in a small pipe near the end of the funnel chuffed steam in bursts.
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From the other, funnels of smoke poured with flames licking behind them, lighting the dark smoke garishly.
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MacLane lit up a cigarette and breathed smoke into the funnel of light.
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Made a funnel of the waxed paper, and tipped it into my wide-open mouth.
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One is reduced to her ribs; the other still has her steel plating and her funnel .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Economic aid from 24 countries will be funneled into the war zone.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Everything he does funnels in and out of him through his talent.
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Its aerodynamic shape means that wind is funnelled round its surface causing little movement to the structure.
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The basin funnels the wind and shoots it out over this ridge.
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The bluff is the end of a narrowing tongue of land which would have funnelled the herd to a point.
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The choices funnel down and you go where the funnel goes.
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The Clinton campaign does not accept money from political action committees through which teacher unions funnel their contributions.
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The Expos always seem to have the right player to funnel to the big leagues.