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[Pipe]

A pipe is a hollow tube that liquid flows through. When your kitchen pipes get clogged, call a plumber. A pipe is also something to put tobacco in and smoke. Old pictures of Santa show him smoking a pipe.

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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 pipe; the pipe of an organ.

Noun
the flues and stops on a pipe organ

Noun
a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

Noun
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco

Noun
a tubular wind instrument

Noun
a hollow cylindrical shape

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Verb
utter a shrill cry

Verb
trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"

Verb
play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"

Verb
transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert"


n.
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 pipe; the pipe of an organ.

n.
Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.

n.
A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.

n.
A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.

n.
The key or sound of the voice.

n.
The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.

n.
The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.

n.
An elongated body or vein of ore.

n.
A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe.

n.
A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.

n.
A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains.

v. i.
To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.

v. i.
To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain.

v. i.
To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.

v. i.
To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.

v. t.
To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.

v. t.
To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.

v. t.
To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.


Pipe

Pipe , n. [AS. p'c6pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. Peep, Pibroch, Fife.] 1. 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 pipe; the pipe of an organ. "Tunable as sylvan pipe." Milton.
Now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe.
2. Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc. 3. A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances. 4. A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions. 5. The key or sound of the voice. [R.] Shak. 6. The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds.
7. pl. The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow. 8. (Mining) An elongated body or vein of ore. 9. A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe. Mozley & W. 10. (Naut.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it. 11. [Cf. F. pipe, fr. pipe a wind instrument, a tube, fr. L. pipare to chirp. See Etymol. above.] A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains. Pipe fitter, one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes, as to an engine or a building. -- Pipe fitting, a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve, etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe. -- Pipe office, an ancient office in the Court of Exchequer, in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. [Eng.] -- Pipe tree (Bot.), the lilac and the mock orange; -- so called because their were formerly used to make pipe stems; -- called also pipe privet. -- Pipe wrench, ∨ Pipetongs, a jawed tool for gripping a pipe, in turning or holding it. -- To smoke the pipe of peace, to smoke from the same pipe in token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace, -- a custom of the American Indians.

Pipe

Pipe, v. i. 1. To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.
We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced.
2. (Naut.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain. 3. To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle. "Oft in the piping shrouds." Wordsworth. 4. (Metal.) To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.

Pipe

Pipe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Piping.] 1. To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.
A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes.
2. (Naut.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.
As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft.
3. To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.

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 pipe; the pipe of an organ.

To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.

To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.

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Usage Examples

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.

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Other Usage Examples

Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for piping. And the Piper!

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.

Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger.

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