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funnelled

funnelled is the simple past and past participle of funnel.

Meaning of funnel

Verb

funnel (third-person singular simple present funnels, present participle (US) funneling or (UK) funnelling, simple past and past participle (US) funneled or (UK) funnelled)

  1. (transitive) To use a funnel.
  2. (intransitive) To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.
    • Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.
  3. (transitive) To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.).
    • Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.
  4. (transitive) To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.
    • The first time he did it was to this freshman Kevin Ryers and we all just burst out laughing, watching Kevin try to funnel a beer.2013, Jonathan Caren, The Recommendation, page 31

See all 6 meanings of funnel

Adjective

funnelled (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Having a particular type or colour of funnel.
    • I recall in particular the amazing speed of the siderods of our elegant little Caledonian 4-6-0 and the vivid contrast between its polished blue livery and the red-funnelled mail steamers and white-hulled yachts crowding Oban Bay; […].1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 705

Forms of funnelled

alternative formfunneled

Words formed from funnelled

Questions about funnelled

What does funnelled mean?
Funnelled means having a particular type or colour of funnel.
What is funnelled the simple past and past participle of?
Funnelled is the simple past and past participle of funnel.
What part of speech is funnelled?
Funnelled is an adjective.

Words near funnelled in the dictionary

  1. funnelform
  2. funneliform
  3. funneling
  4. funnelings
  5. Funnell
  6. funnelled
  7. funnelless
  8. funnellike
  9. funnelling
  10. funnellings
  11. Funnells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: funnelled (page history and authors); funnel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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