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pipe (p

a. A hollow cylinder or tube used to conduct a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid.

b. A section or piece of such a tube.

a. A device for smoking, consisting of a tube of wood, clay, or other material with a small bowl at one end.

b. An amount of smoking material, such as tobacco, needed to fill the bowl of a pipe; a pipeful.

3. Informal

a. A tubular part or organ of the body.

b. pipes The passages of the human respiratory system.

4. Abbr. p.

a. A wine cask having a capacity of 126 gallons or 2 hogsheads (478 liters).

b. This volume as a unit of liquid measure.

5. Music

a. A tubular wind instrument, such as a flute.

b. Any of the tubes in an organ.

c. pipes A small wind instrument, consisting of tubes of different lengths bound together.

d. pipes A bagpipe.

6. pipes Informal The vocal cords; the voice, especially as used in singing.

7. A birdcall.

8. Nautical A whistle used for signaling crew members: a boatswain's pipe.

9. Geology

a. A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.

b. One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.

10. Geology An eruptive passageway opening into the crater of a volcano.

11. Metallurgy A cone-shaped cavity in a steel ingot, formed during cooling by escaping gases.

v. piped, pip·ing, pipes

v.tr.

a. To convey (liquid or gas) by means of pipes.

b. To convey as if by pipes, especially to transmit by wire or cable: piped music into the store.

2. To provide with pipes or connect with pipes.

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

b. To lead by playing on pipes.

4. Nautical

a. To signal (crew members) with a boatswain's pipe.

b. To receive aboard or mark the departure of by sounding a boatswain's pipe.

5. To utter in a shrill reedy tone.

6. To furnish (a garment or fabric) with piping.

7. To force through a pastry tube, as frosting onto a cake.

8. Slang To take a look at; notice.

v.intr.

1. To play on a pipe.

2. To speak shrilly; make a shrill sound.

3. To chirp or whistle, as a bird does.

4. Nautical To signal the crew with a boatswain's pipe.

5. Metallurgy To develop conical cavities during solidification.

Phrasal Verbs:

pipe down Slang

To stop talking; be quiet.

pipe up

To speak up.

[Middle English, from Old English ppe, from Vulgar Latin *ppa, from Latin ppre, to chirp.]

pipe

Noun

1. a long tube for conveying water, oil, or gas

a. a tube with a small bowl at the end for smoking tobacco

b. the amount of tobacco that fills the bowl of a pipe

3. put that in your pipe and smoke it Informal accept that fact if you can

4. Zool, bot any of various hollow organs, such as the respiratory passage of certain animals

a. a tubular instrument in which air vibrates and produces a musical sound

b. any of the tubular devices on an organ

6. the pipes See bagpipes

7. a boatswain's whistle

Verb

[piping, piped]

1. to play (music) on a pipe

2. to summon or lead by a pipe: to pipe in the haggis

a. to signal orders to (the crew) by a boatswain's pipe

b. to signal the arrival or departure of: he piped his entire ship's company on deck

4. to utter in a shrill tone

5. to convey (water, oil, or gas) by pipe

6. to force cream or icing through a shaped nozzle to decorate food

See also pipe down, pipe up [Old English pīpe]

pipe (p

1. A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.

2. See volcanic pipe.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco tobacco pipe pipe bowl, bowl - a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco briar pipe, briar - a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath calabash pipe, calabash - a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd calumet, peace pipe, pipe of peace - a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) clay pipe - a pipe made of clay calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola" meerschaum - a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum mouthpiece - the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth stem - the tube of a tobacco pipe tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
	2.	pipe - a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. pipage, piping chimneypot - a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft discharge pipe - a pipe through which fluids can be discharged drainpipe, waste pipe, drain - a pipe through which liquid is carried away drilling pipe - a series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bit; rotates the bit and supplies drilling mud elbow - a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it exhaust pipe - a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler fuel line, petrol line, gas line - a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine; "the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line" main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage manifold - a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes pipeline, line - a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" riser main, riser pipe, riser pipeline, riser - a vertical pipe in a building sparge pipe - a horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water spout - an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain standpipe - a vertical pipe steam line, steam pipe - a pipe conducting steam tailpipe - a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
	3.	pipe - a hollow cylindrical shape tube cylinder - a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
	4.	pipe - a tubular wind instrument bagpipe - a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone chanter, melody pipe - reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played bourdon, drone pipe, drone - a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute, recorder - a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece pandean pipe, panpipe, syrinx - a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together pitch pipe - a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
	5.	pipe - the flues and stops on a pipe organ organ pipe, pipework flue pipe, labial pipe, flue - organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip pipe organ, organ - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard organ stop - a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality reed pipe - organ pipe with a vibrating reed wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
Verb	1.	pipe - utter a shrill cry shriek, shrill, pipe up cry, scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" caterwaul, yowl - utter shrieks, as of cats
	2.	pipe - transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert" transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
	3.	pipe - play on a pipe; "pipe a tune" music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" play - perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?" pipe up - begin to play or sing
	4.	pipe - trim with piping; "pipe the skirt" adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"

pipe

noun 1. tube, drain, canal, pipeline, line, main, passage, cylinder, hose, conduit, duct, conveyor

noun 2. clay (pipe), briar, calabash (rare) meerschaum, hookah (rare)

noun 3. whistle, horn, recorder, fife, flute, wind instrument, penny whistle

verb 4. convey, channel, supply, conduct, bring in, transmit, siphon

pipe down (Informal) be quiet, shut up (informal) hush, stop talking, quieten down, shush, button it (slang) belt up (slang) shut your mouth, hold your tongue, put a sock in it Brit. (slang) button your lip (slang)

pipe up speak, volunteer, speak up, have your say, raise your voice, make yourself heard, put your oar in

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