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pipe
pʌɪp Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances.
  • 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.
    E.g. a smell of pipe tobacco
  • a wind instrument consisting of a single tube with holes along its length that are covered by the fingers to produce different notes.
    E.g. the tone of a reed pipe
  • a command which causes the output from one routine to be the input for another.
  • a cask for wine, especially as a measure equal to two hogsheads, usually equivalent to 105 gallons (about 477 litres).
    E.g. a fresh pipe of port
verb
  • convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes.
    E.g. water from the lakes is piped to Manchester
  • play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes.
    E.g. he believed he'd heard music—a tune being piped
  • (of a bird) sing in a high or shrill voice.
    E.g. outside at the back a curlew piped
  • decorate (clothing or soft furnishings) with thin cord covered in fabric and inserted into a seam.
  • arrange (food, particularly icing or cream) in decorative lines or patterns.
    E.g. she had been piping cream round a flan
  • propagate (a pink or similar plant) by taking a cutting at the joint of a stem.

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