English dictionary
pipe
/p/aI/p/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
Synonyms tobacco pipeSource: WordNet 3.0
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a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
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a hollow cylindrical shape
Synonyms tubeSource: WordNet 3.0
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a tubular wind instrument
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the flues and stops on a pipe organ
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A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's <i>pipe</i>; the <i>pipe</i> of an organ.
Source: webster1913
verb
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utter a shrill cry
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transport by pipeline
ExamplesPipe oil, water, and gas into the desert.
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play on a pipe
ExamplesPipe a tune.
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trim with piping
ExamplesPipe the skirt.
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To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.
Source: webster1913
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To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.
Source: webster1913