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funnel2 past tense and past participle funnelled, present participle funnelling British English, past tense and past participle funneled, present participle funneling American English
1 [intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition] if you funnel something somewhere, or if it funnels there, it goes there by passing through a narrow opening : 
Police at the barriers funnelled the crowd into the arena.Incoming tides funnel up the channel with enormous power.
Police at the barriers funnelled the crowd into the arena.Incoming tides funnel up the channel with enormous power.2 [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to send money, information etc from various places to someone [= channel]: His office funneled millions of dollars in secret contributions to the re-election campaign.
His office funneled millions of dollars in secret contributions to the re-election campaign.
