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Pipe

pʌɪp

Pipe definitions
noun
pipe pipes
  1. a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances
    • 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
    • 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"

    tobacco pipe briar (pipe) meerschaum clay pipe
    • 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"

    • bagpipes
    • 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 cask for wine, especially as a measure equal to two hogsheads, usually equivalent to 105 gallons (about 477 litres)

    "a fresh pipe of port"

verb
pipe piped pipes piping
  1. convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes

    "water from the lakes is piped to Manchester"

    • 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"

  2. play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes

    "he believed he'd heard music—a tune being piped"

    play on a pipe
    • 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"

    • say something in a high, shrill voice

      "‘No, miss,’ piped Lucy"

  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