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pipe
1[pahyp]
noun
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
a tube of wood, clay, hard rubber, or other material, with a small bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco, opium, etc.
a quantity, as of tobacco, that fills the bowl of such a smoking utensil.
Music.
a tube used as, or to form an essential part of, a musical wind instrument.
a musical wind instrument consisting of a single tube of straw, reed, wood, or other material, as a flute, clarinet, or oboe.
one of the wooden or metal tubes from which the tones of an organ are produced.
a small end-blown flute played with one hand while the other beats a small drum.
Nautical.
the sound of a boatswain's pipe.
the call or utterance of a bird, frog, etc.
Informal.pipes, the human vocal cords or the voice, especially as used in singing.
Usually pipes.
any of various tubular or cylindrical objects, parts, or formations, as an eruptive passage of a volcano or geyser.
Mining.
a cylindrical vein or body of ore.
(in South Africa) a vertical, cylindrical matrix, of intrusive igneous origin, in which diamonds are found.
Metallurgy.a depression occurring at the center of the head of an ingot as a result of the tendency of solidification to begin at the bottom and sides of the ingot mold.
Botany.the stem of a plant.
verb (used without object)
to play on a pipe.
Nautical.to signal, as with a boatswain's pipe.
to speak in a high-pitched or piercing tone.
to make or utter a shrill sound like that of a pipe.
songbirds piping at dawn.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
verb (used with object)
to convey by or as by pipes.
to pipe water from the lake.
to supply with pipes.
to play (music) on a pipe or pipes.
to summon, order, etc., by sounding the boatswain's pipe or whistle.
all hands were piped on deck.
to bring, lead, etc., by or as by playing on a pipe.
to pipe dancers.
to utter in a shrill tone.
to pipe a command.
to trim or finish with piping, as an article of clothing.
Cooking.to force (dough, frosting, etc.) through a pastry tube onto a baking sheet, cake or pie, etc.
Informal.to convey by an electrical wire or cable.
to pipe a signal from the antenna.
Slang.to look at; notice.
Pipe the cat in the hat.
verb phrase
Slangto stop talking; be quiet.
He shouted at us to pipe down.
to begin to play (a musical instrument) or to sing.
to make oneself heard; speak up, especially as to assert oneself.
to increase in velocity, as the wind.
pipe
2[pahyp]
noun
a large cask, of varying capacity, especially for wine or oil.
such a cask as a measure of liquid capacity, equal to 4 barrels, 2 hogsheads, or half a tun, and containing 126 wine gallons.
such a cask with its contents.
pipe
1/ 貹ɪ /
noun
a long tube of metal, plastic, etc, used to convey water, oil, gas, etc
a long tube or case
an object made in any of various shapes and sizes, consisting of a small bowl with an attached tubular stem, in which tobacco or other substances are smoked
( as modifier )
a pipe bowl
Also called: pipeful.the amount of tobacco that fills the bowl of a pipe
zoology botany any of various hollow organs, such as the respiratory passage of certain animals
any musical instrument whose sound production results from the vibration of an air column in a simple tube
any of the tubular devices on an organ, in which air is made to vibrate either directly, as in a flue pipe, or by means of a reed
an obsolete three-holed wind instrument, held in the left hand while played and accompanied by the tabor See tabor
See bagpipes
a shrill voice or sound, as of a bird
a boatswain's pipe
the sound it makes
informal(plural) the respiratory tract or vocal cords
metallurgy a conical hole in the head of an ingot, made by escaping gas as the metal cools
a cylindrical vein of rich ore, such as one of the vertical diamond-bearing veins at Kimberley, South Africa
Also called: volcanic pipe.a vertical cylindrical passage in a volcano through which molten lava is forced during eruption
slangsomething easy to do, esp a simple course in college
informalaccept that fact if you can
verb
to play (music) on a pipe
(tr) to summon or lead by a pipe
to pipe the dancers
to utter (something) shrilly
to signal orders to (the crew) by a boatswain's pipe
(tr) to signal the arrival or departure of
to pipe the admiral aboard
(tr) to convey (water, gas, etc) by a pipe or pipes
(tr) to provide with pipes
(tr) to trim (an article, esp of clothing) with piping
(tr) to force (cream, icing, etc) through a shaped nozzle to decorate food
pipe
2/ 貹ɪ /
noun
a large cask for wine, oil, etc
a measure of capacity for wine equal to four barrels. 1 pipe is equal to 126 US gallons or 105 Brit gallons
a cask holding this quantity with its contents
pipe
A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.
See volcanic pipe
Other Word Forms
- pipeless adjective
- pipelike adjective
- unpiped adjective
- ˈ辱 adjective
- ˈ辱 adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pipe1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pipe1
Origin of pipe2
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The robot can inspect miles of pipes over a 30-day period and automatically report back issues from underground.
In cities, she found, these lizards evolved longer legs relative to their body size, allowing them to crawl up metal pipes.
Speaking directly to Sheen, he said: "You were almost certainly the figure who carried the sledgehammer on which your DNA was found and which was used to sever the functioning toilet from its connecting pipes."
Police in the city of Graz also found a non-functional pipe bomb, and a "farewell" letter and video during the search, they said in a statement.
In a statement on Wednesday, police said they found a "farewell letter" and a non-functional pipe bomb during a search of the suspect's home.
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