funnel
verb/ˈfʌnl/
/ˈfʌnl/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they funnel | /ˈfʌnl/ /ˈfʌnl/ |
| he / she / it funnels | /ˈfʌnlz/ /ˈfʌnlz/ |
| past simple funnelled | /ˈfʌnld/ /ˈfʌnld/ |
| past participle funnelled | /ˈfʌnld/ /ˈfʌnld/ |
| (US English) past simple funneled | /ˈfʌnld/ /ˈfʌnld/ |
| (US English) past participle funneled | /ˈfʌnld/ /ˈfʌnld/ |
| -ing form funnelling | /ˈfʌnəlɪŋ/ /ˈfʌnəlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form funneling | /ˈfʌnəlɪŋ/ /ˈfʌnəlɪŋ/ |
- to move or make something move through a narrow space, or as if through a funnel
- (+ adv./prep.) Wind was funnelling through the gorge.
- funnel something (+ adv./prep.) Huge pipes funnel the water down the mountainside.
- Barricades funnelled the crowds towards the square.
- (figurative) Some $10 million in aid was funnelled into the country through government agencies.
Word Originlate Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’.
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