(~s, ~ling, ~led)
Note: in AM, use '~ing', '~ed'
1.
A ~ is an object with a wide, circular top and a narrow short tube at the bottom. Funnels are used to pour liquids into containers which have a small opening, for example bottles.
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2.
A ~ is a metal chimney on a ship or railway engine powered by steam.
...a merchantman with three masts and two ~s.
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3.
You can describe as a ~ something that is narrow, or narrow at one end, through which a substance flows and is directed.
These fires create convection ~s, and throw a lot of particles into the upper atmosphere.
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4.
If something ~s somewhere or is ~led there, it is directed through a narrow space.
The winds came from the north, across the plains, ~ling down the valley...
High tides in the North Sea were ~led down into the English Channel by a storm.
VERB: V adv/prep, be V-ed adv/prep, also V n adv/prep
5.
If you ~ money, goods, or information from one place or group to another, you cause it to be sent there as it becomes available.
Its Global Programme on AIDS ~led money from donors to governments...
= channel
VERB: V n prep/adv