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English to English noun
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(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion |  | source: wordnet30
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a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | | Example: the tear duct was obstructed
the alimentary canal
poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
source: wordnet30
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long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation | | source: wordnet30
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An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc. | | source: webster1913
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A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. | | source: webster1913
verb
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provide (a city) with a canal | | source: wordnet30
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