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   pipe

   /pʌɪp/

   noun

   • 1. a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances. Similar tubeconduithosemainductlinechannelcanalconveyorpipelinedraintubingpipingsiphoncylinderfistula
   • ▪ a cylindrical vein of ore or rock, especially one in which diamonds are found.
   • ▪ a cavity in cast metal.
   • ▪ a duct, vessel, or tubular structure in the body, or in an animal or plant. informal
   • ▪ a connection to the internet or to a website.
   • 2. a device for smoking tobacco, consisting of a narrow tube made from wood, clay, etc. with a bowl at one end in which the tobacco is burned, the smoke from which is drawn into the mouth: "a smell of pipe tobacco" Similar tobacco pipebriar (pipe)meerschaumclay pipechurchwardencuttyhistorical:dudeenrare:calabashcalumetchiboukhookahnarghilecaleanhubble-bubblebongchillum
   • ▪ a quantity of tobacco held by a pipe: "they were sharing a pipe of tobacco"
   • ▪ a device for smoking illegal drugs: "a crack pipe"
   • 3. a wind instrument consisting of a single tube with holes along its length that are covered by the fingers to produce different notes: "the tone of a reed pipe" Similar whistlepenny whistlefluterecorderfifechanterdronewind instrument
   • ▪ bagpipes. Similar bagpipespan pipesuillean pipes
   • ▪ a set of musical pipes joined together, as in pan pipes.
   • ▪ any of the cylindrical tubes by which notes are produced in an organ.
   • ▪ a boatswain's whistle.
   • ▪ a high-pitched cry or song, especially of a bird: "the sad little pipe of the ringed plover"
   • 4. a command which causes the output from one routine to be the input for another.
   • ▪ the symbol
   • 5. . "a fresh pipe of port"
   • ▪ a cask for wine, especially as a measure equal to two hogsheads, usually equivalent to 105 gallons (about 477 litres):

   verb

   • 1. convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes: "water from the lakes is piped to Manchester" Similar conveychannelsiphonrunfeedleadbring
   • ▪ transmit (music, a radio or television programme, signal, etc.) by wire or cable: "he was watching a movie piped to his room on one of the hotel's video channels" Similar transmitfeedleadpatch
   • 2. play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes: "he believed he'd heard music—a tune being piped" Similar play on a pipeplay the pipestootlewhistleliterary:flute
   • ▪ play a pipe or pipes as a ceremonial accompaniment to the arrival or departure of (someone): "the Duke was piped on board"
   • ▪ use a boatswain's whistle to summon (the crew) to work or a meal: "the hands were piped to breakfast"
   • 3. (of a bird) sing in a high or shrill voice: "outside at the back a curlew piped" Similar chirpcheepchirruptwitterchatterwarbletrillpeepsingshrillsquealsqueak
   • ▪ say something in a high, shrill voice: "‘No, miss,’ piped Lucy" Similar chirpcheepchirruptwitterchatterwarbletrillpeepsingshrillsquealsqueak
   • 4. decorate (clothing or soft furnishings) with thin cord covered in fabric and inserted into a seam.
   • 5. arrange (food, particularly icing or cream) in decorative lines or patterns: "she had been piping cream round a flan"
   • 6. propagate (a pink or similar plant) by taking a cutting at the joint of a stem.

   Word Origin Old Englishpīpe ‘musical tube’, pīpian ‘play a pipe’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijp and German Pfeife, based on Latin pipare ‘to peep, chirp’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French piper ‘to chirp, squeak’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pipeful noun
   • 2. pipeless adjective

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