n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -neled also -nelled ; -nel · ing also -nel · ling
Date: 1594
intransitive verb
1 : to have or take the shape of a funnel
2 : to pass through or as if through a funnel or conduit <the crowd funnel s through the doors>
transitive verb
1 : to form in the shape of a funnel < funnel ed his hands and shouted through them>
2 : to move to a focal point or into a conduit or central channel <contributions were funnel ed into one account>