(n): a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
(n): a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
(n): a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
(n): long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
(n): a conduit through which water flows
(v): provide (a city) with a canal
(v): give something useful or necessary to